Browne Review Opinion Survey

BIS ref: 11/0389

Dear Mr Taylor,

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 10 March
2011. Your request has been passed on to the appropriate official at the
Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to deal with.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be responded at the latest by 7 April 2011.

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Ref No: 11/0389

Dear Mr Taylor,

Thank you for your email received on 10th March 2011 in which you
requested under the Freedom of Information Act a copy of the response to
the FoI request 11/0033.

You have requested:

Could you please send me a copy of response you sent in relation to the
FOI request you assigned reference number 11/0033. The request was for
information relating to an "opinion survey" carried out as part of the
Browne review into higher education funding.

Please send the full response, including the content of the covering
letter, results of the survey (including appendices to the results
document), and copies of materials used when talking with the survey
participants.

Please find attached the full response which was sent in the body of an
email. We have redacted the original requester's personal information
under section 40 of the FoI act. Section 40 provides an absolute exemption
for personal data which then falls to be dealt with under the Data
Protection Act. Personal data of third parties can only be disclosed in
accordance with the data protection principles. In particular, the first
data protection principle requires that disclosure must be fair and lawful
and must comply with one of the conditions in Schedule 2 of the Data
Protection Act. We do not think that it is fair to release the name and
email address of the requester and do not think that any of the relevant
conditions apply.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to me.

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Yours sincerely

H Hodgson

H Hodgson | Freedom of Information Adviser | Information Rights Unit |
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills | Victoria 3, 5th Floor, 1
Victoria Street, London, SW1H OET | [1]www.bis.gov.uk

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is building a
dynamic and competitive UK economy by creating the conditions for business
success; promoting innovation, enterprise and science; and giving everyone
the skills and opportunities to succeed. To achieve this we will foster
world-class universities and promote an open global economy. BIS -
Investing in our future

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Dear Mr Taylor,

Thank you for your email received 28 March 2011.

Please find attached the appendices to the Opinion report as requested.

Yours sincerely,

H Hodgson

H Hodgson | Freedom of Information Adviser | Information Rights Unit |
Department for Business, Innovation & Skills | Victoria 3, 5th Floor, 1
Victoria Street, London, SW1H OET | [1]www.bis.gov.uk

The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) is building a
dynamic and competitive UK economy by creating the conditions for business
success; promoting innovation, enterprise and science; and giving everyone
the skills and opportunities to succeed. To achieve this we will foster
world-class universities and promote an open global economy. BIS -
Investing in our future

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