2007 Enrollment Statistics

Mark made this Freedom of Information request to National School of Government

The request was successful.

From: Mark

4 October 2008

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like the National School of Government to report to me
details about the enrollment at school.

1. For the year 2007, please send me a statistical report of
student enrollment in all programs offered at the National School
of Government's Sunningdale Park facilities. Please include the
name of the course or programme students were enrolled in and what
government department/ministry/agency or private industry students
were from.

2. The name and version of the software used to manage Freedom of
Information requests at the Nation School of Government

3. Screen-shots of the interface (for the application described in
#2) used during the processing of this request.

Yours faithfully,

Mark

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From: Christopher Mallett
National School of Government

10 October 2008

Dear Mark

Thank you for your request for the information detailed in your email of 4 October 2008.

I am dealing with this enquiry under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will ensure you receive a response as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Christopher Mallett
Librarian
National School of Government
Sunningdale Park
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 0QE
tel: +44 (0)1344 634286
fax: +44 (0)1344 634118
email: [email address]

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From: Christopher Mallett
National School of Government

30 October 2008

Attachment NSG Sunningdale Programmes 2007.xls
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Dear Mark

Thank you for your request for the information detailed in your email of 4 October 2008.

In response to question 1, please find attached a list of all programmes run by the National School of Government at Sunningdale Park in 2007. The list details the name of the course or programme students were enrolled on and the name of the organisation students were from.

In four instances, an assortment of programmes were booked by named individuals on their own behalf rather than via a particular organisation (rows 981, 2493, 5420 to 5427 and 6473 to 6474).

I have deleted the names of these four individuals in accordance with the exemption set out at Section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ('personal information'). The National School is of the view that information identifying those who have attended its courses and programmes constitutes personal data as defined by the Data Protection Act 1998.

In response to questions 2 and 3, the National School does not use a specific software package to manage freedom of information requests.

If you have any questions relating to this email, please don't hesitate to contact me.

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision you should write to:

Graham O'Connell
Head of Communications
National School of Government
Sunningdale Park
Larch Avenue
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 0QE
tel. 01344 634336
email: [email address]

If you're not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner's Office cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the National School of Government.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Yours sincerely

Christopher Mallett
Librarian
National School of Government
Sunningdale Park
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 0QE
tel: +44 (0)1344 634286
fax: +44 (0)1344 634118
email: [email address]

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From: Mark

30 October 2008

Dear Christopher Mallett,

Thank you for the report. There is a problem though. The report
excludes the enrollment numbers (i.e., a count of the number of
students enrolled in each of the programs)

To clarify what I was requesting here are some instructions that
get at what I was expecting:
In the excel sheet you sent me, sort the report by column B. Add a
label to column C ("Number of Student Registered"). This column
would be filled with the numbers so that each row represented the
number of students (column C) from particular departments (column
A) who registered in a particular program (column B). This would
result in a table like this:

[Department X][Programme 1][5]

[Department Y][Programme 1][2]

[Department Z][Programme 1][6]

[Department X][Programme 2][2]

[Department Q][Programme 2][8]
...

Yours sincerely,

Mark

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From: Christopher Mallett
National School of Government

31 October 2008

Dear Mark

I will speak to our IT department to see if it's feasible to produce the data in the format you require.

Yours sincerely

Christopher Mallett
Librarian
National School of Government
Sunningdale Park
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 0QE
tel: +44 (0)1344 634286
fax: +44 (0)1344 634118
email: [email address]

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From: Christopher Mallett
National School of Government

31 October 2008

Attachment Updated NSG Sunningdale Programmes 2007.xls
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Dear Mark

Thanks for your email. I've asked our IT department to reformat the list along the lines suggested, highlighting the number of students registered on each NSG programme.

Hope this is OK.

Yours sincerely

Christopher Mallett
Librarian
National School of Government
Sunningdale Park
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 0QE
tel: +44 (0)1344 634286
fax: +44 (0)1344 634118
email: [email address]

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