Full details of "Other operating expenses"

Dear Mr Shannon,

I apologise for the delay in responding. I write in response to your
request for information made to the University of Salford under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 via www.whatdotheyknow.com . This
request will not be processed because it, along with a number of other
requests, is being treated as vexatious under section 14(1) of the Act.

Therefore, in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a refusal notice.

You have the right to complain against the handling of your requests. If
you wish to complain, please set out in writing your ground(s) of
complaint and send to , Matthew Stephenson, Head of Information
Governance, at the address below.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 01625 545 700, website
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Matthew Stephenson

Head of Information Governance
Governance Services
University of Salford
Clifford Whitworth Building
Salford
M5 4WT

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Dear Mr Shannon,

I apologise for the delay in sending you this information, this was due to a, a technical issue which WhatDoTheyKnow were able to resolve and b, sick leave on my part during most of last week.

In the light of the recent ICO decision notice, the University has now considered your requests.

You asked for the following information:

Request 1
Re the termination of employment of a Susan Burgess, former Personal Assistant to the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Registrar & Secretary to Council, Dr Adrian Graves:
1) Please indicate when her employment was terminated.
2) Please indicate if there was a financial 'pay-off' associated with her departure. If so, please indicate the quantity of money involved in the financial transaction and please also indicate who authorised the expenditure. Please also indicate where, in the Annual Accounts Report, this expenditure is declared.
3) Please indicate if Susan Burgess signed or was asked to sign any kind of 'gagging order' upon her departure from the University of Salford. If so, please indicate why this was deemed necessary.

Request 2
Re Annual Accounts Report 2008. I should like to be provided with all details of the transactions incorporated into the following subheadings:
1) Fees and invoiced staff
2) Staff Expenses
3) Student Expenses
4) Marketing
5) Vehicle and transport costs
6) Consumables
7) Equipment and Furniture
8) Fees and Expenses
9) Catering
10) Household expenses
11) Subsidiary Company Expenditure

Request 3
I should like to be provided with the full details of the emoluments for the present Vice Chancellor, Professor Martin Hall, and the Deputy-Vice Chancellor, Registrar & Secretary to Council, Dr Adrian Graves.

Request 4
Could you please provide the statistics which illustrate the number of academic staff that work within the University of Salford who are serving part-time contracts.
Could you also, if possible, please indicate how many staff comprising this statistic reside in each of the University's schools.

With regard to each of these requests, the University's response is as follows:

Request 1
1) 31 August 2007
2) The University is unable to provide the information requested as Ms Susan Burgess' employee record is exempt under s.41 of the Freedom of Information Act (the Act) and release of any information from her file to a third party would constitute a breach of confidence actionable by her. In accordance with the requirements of s.16 of the Act, this email acts as a refusal notice.
3) Ms Burgess' employee record is covered under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, and the University would be in breach of Principles 1, 6 and 7 of the Act if we were to release her personal data to a third party without her consent. This would be in breach of s40 of the Act and therefore, again, this email acts as a refusal notice.

Requests 2 & 3
These two requests have been aggregated together as related requests as described in Regulation 5 of The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Given that your request is for the transactions of over £33M of expenditure and a fifth of the entire expenditure of the University in the specified year, it is estimated that provision of this information would exceed the appropriate limit of £450 based on an hourly rate of £25 per hour. Section 12 of the Act makes provision for public authorities to refuse requests for information where the cost of dealing with them would exceed the appropriate limit. Therefore, your request will not be processed further and in respect of this information, this email acts as a refusal notice.

Request 4
School Total Part Time
Art & Design 90 46
Business School 123 30
Eng/Soc/P&CHist 107 42
Faculty Office 1 0
Languages 55 23
Law School 15 1
MediaMusic&Perf 146 93
Faculty Office 1 0
HSR Sciences 116 32
NursingM/wifery 124 13
SWP & PH 133 79
Built Env 74 9
ComScience&Eng 159 79
Env&LifeScience 58 8
Faculty Office 1 0
SE&E-Enterprise 1 0
Mat Research 2 2
Grand Total 1206 457

If you have any queries about this information please contact me at [University of Salford request email] or to me at the address below.

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 to [University of Salford request email] or to me at the address below. Further information is available from, and complaints should be made to, the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Matthew Stephenson
Head of Information Governance

Governance Services
University of Salford
Clifford Whitworth Building
University of Salford
Salford, M5 4WT.

T: 0161 295 6856
F: 0161 295 3442

[email address]
www.infogov.salford.ac.uk

From: Damien Shannon [mailto:[FOI #23902 email]]
Sent: 28 November 2009 14:23
To: Stephenson Matthew
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Full details of "Other operating expenses"

Dear Sir or Madam,

I make reference to Page 28, Sub-Heading 7. of the Annual Accounts
Report 2008. I should like to be provided with all details of the
transactions incorporated into the following subheadings:

1)Fees and invoiced staff

2)Staff Expenses

3)Student Expenses

4)Marketing

5)Vehicle and transport costs

6)Consumables

7)Equipment and Furniture

8)Fees and Expenses

9)Catering

10)Household expenses

11)Subsidiary Company Expenditure

Yours faithfully,

Damien Shannon

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