Dear Mr. Leaton

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

(Our Ref: FOI_09-176)

Your request for information received on 30 November 2009 for a summary of the agreements regarding further transmission of data received by the Climatic Research Unit inclusive of the name of the other party, any expiration dates for the agreements, and a summary of the data covered has now been considered and the information requested is enclosed herewith. For your convenience, I have reproduced your request in the attachment to this letter and provided our response thereunder. I trust this will be to your satisfaction.

I would also add that any material released over which UEA has copyright is released subject to the understanding that you will comply with all relevant copyright rules regarding reproduction and/or transmission of the information released.

You have the right of appeal against this decision. If you wish to appeal, please set out in writing your grounds of appeal and send to me at:

University of East Anglia

Norwich

NR4 7TJ

Telephone: 0160 359 3523

E-mail: [University of East Anglia request email]

You also have a subsequent right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow, Cheshire
SK9 5AF 
Telephone:   01625 545 745
www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

David Palmer

Information Policy & Compliance Manager

University of East Anglia

Response to Freedom of Information request (FOI_09-176)

The Climate Research Group has refused to release data on the grounds that the data is subject to confidentiality agreements.

Can you please summarise what agreements have been signed? A summary the name of the other party, any expiration dates for the agreements, and a summary of the data covered.

All written agreements that we possess in relation to any data received from any country or geographic area are now all available via the Climatic Research Unit website at: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk. This site is currently unavailable due to traffic but we do expect it to reappear in the near future.

This web page also has information regarding the compilations, processing and handling of any data received.  The manner in which the station data was collected, the changes in national boundaries and entities, and the nature of the processing of the data by the CRU have all evolved and changed over the time of the collection of the data.  This means that there is not always a direct correlation between any agreement and the geographic location of the data or stations that the agreement covers.

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