Our ref: FoI Review 2009/31 – F0053006
13 March 2009
Mr David Black
Request- [email address]
Dear Mr Black
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Review Outcome
I write with regard to your request for a review of the University’s response to your Freedom of
Information request (Request reference – FoI 2008/163 – F0047500).
I am writing to request an internal review of the University of Glasgow’s handling of my FOI request
‘Bank Deposits’. I have sent the same request to other universities and they provided the
information’.
I have reviewed the documentation I have received in relation to your request for a list of the banks
that the University of Glasgow has deposits with and the amounts that are deposited in each bank.
I note that the University of Glasgow has provided you with names of the Banks with which it has
lodged deposits but not the amounts deposited in each as the University took the view that the
information was exempt from disclosure under Sections 33(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 on the basis that disclosure may substantially prejudice the commercial interests of
the University of Glasgow.
I have carefully reviewed the papers relating to your request and I have conclude that the decision to
withhold the information that you enquired about was a correct decision, as disclosure of the individual
bank deposits could affect and harm the current and future interests of the University of Glasgow due
to the commercial sensitivity of the information. I have also concluded that the University of Glasgow
has met the public interest test in respect of Section 33(1)(b) of the Act and that it has been correctly
applied in this case.
The supply of documents under the terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 does not
give the applicant or whoever receives the information any right to re-use it in such a way that might
infringe the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (for example, by making multiple copies,
publishing or otherwise distributing the information to other individuals and the public). The Freedom
of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 ensured that Section 50
of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“CDPA”) applies to the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 (“FOISA”).
Graham Paterson, MBA FCCA
Corporate Development Director
University of Glasgow, 13 The Square, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Tel
: +44 (0)141 330 3121 Fax:
+44 (0)141 330 3141
Email: [email address]
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Breach of copyright law is an actionable offence and the University expressly reserves its rights and
remedies available to it pursuant to the CDPA and common law. Further information on copyright is
available at the following website: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/copy.htm
I confirm that this letter signifies the end of the University’s internal procedures. If you remain
dissatisfied with the outcome of this review you can appeal to the Office of the Scottish Information
Commissioner at the following address:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St. Andrews
Fife KY16 9DS
Tel: 01334 646610
Email: [email address]
Yours sincerely,
Graham Paterson
Graham Paterson, MBA FCCA
Corporate Development Director
University of Glasgow, 13 The Square, Glasgow G12 8QQ
Tel
: +44 (0)141 330 3121 Fax:
+44 (0)141 330 3141
Email: [email address]
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