Chris Jenkinson 
[FOI #28312 email] 
 
7 February 2010 
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST 10016 
 
Dear Mr Jenkinson 
Thank you for your request for information on any university submissions to the 
Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance, which we 
received on 3 February 2010. 
I can confirm that the University College London holds the information you are 
seeking.  The information is being withheld under Section 22(1) of the Act.  This 
provides that: 
Information is exempt information if—  
(a) the information is held by the public authority with a view to its publication, by the 
authority or any other person, at some future date (whether determined or not), 
(b) the information was already held with a view to such publication at the time when the 
request for information was made, and 
(c) it is reasonable in all the circumstances that the information should be withheld from 
disclosure until the date referred to in paragraph (a). 
As Section 22 is a qualified exemption we are required to conduct a public interest 
test. 
Disclosure of the information may be in the public interest in that it can encourage 
public discussion about the subject under review.  However, early disclosure would 
interfere with the process laid out in the Review Panel’s Operating Protocol - 
http://hereview.independent.gov.uk/hereview/wp-
content/uploads/panel_operating_protocol_nov09.pdf - which states that evidence 
will be published as it is received. 
It is important that the body which invited evidence should be allowed to consider 
and debate the issue away from public scrutiny until it is ready to publish it.  This 
point is of particular significance as a second call for evidence has yet to be issued. 
It is therefore reasonable in all the circumstances that the information is withheld until 
it is published by the Review. 
If you are unhappy with our response and wish to make a complaint or request a 
review of our decision, you should write to: 
 
Director of Estates and Facilities 
University College London 
Gower Street 
London 
WC1E 6BT 
 
 
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 
Tel:+44 (0)20 7679 2065   Fax: +44 (0)20 7679 2009 
www.ucl.ac.uk/efd/recordsoffice/ 

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If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you may apply directly 
to the Information Commissioner at the address given below.  You should do this 
within two months of our final decision. 
If you have any queries or concerns, please contact me, using the details provided in 
this letter. 
Further information on the Freedom of Information Act is available from the 
Information Commissioner’s Office: 
 
Wycliffe House 
Water Lane 
Wilmslow 
SK9 5AF 
 
Telephone     01625 545700 
www.ico.gov.uk 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
 
Colin Penman 
Records Manager and Data Protection and Freedom of Information Officer 
University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 
Tel:+44 (0)20 7679 2065   Fax: +44 (0)20 7679 2009 
www.ucl.ac.uk/efd/recordsoffice/ 

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