Request for Internal Review of FOI 08/0303
A Freedom of Information request to Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills by James Trice
Currently overdue a response from Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. By law, the response had to be prompt but no later than 18 July 2008. They are 175 days late, you can complain by requesting an internal review.
James Trice
19 June 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
Regarding the following:
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"Dear Mr Tripp, FOI 08/0303
I am writing with regards to your FOI request regarding First
Degree qualifiers at institutions in Wales + Northern Ireland for
2006/07.
The information you are seeking is available (for a fee)from the
HESA Information Provision team by completing the on-line data
request form on this page:
http://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php/componen...
I am therefore unable to provide you with the information you
require under the Freedom of Information Act Section 21 (1) (a)
which exempts disclosure of information if it is accessible by
other means.
Appeals procedure If you are unhappy with the result of your
request for information, you may request an internal review within
two calendar months of the date of this letter. If you wish to
request an internal review please contact me. If you are not
content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right
to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely,
Jody Brisbane Kingsgate House 66 – 74 Victoria St London SW1E 6SW
Ph 020 3300 8168"
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The data required for my answer is held by the DIUS!
Why must one be expected to pay for public data from a private
company (hesa)?
I note the following "Higher Education Statistics Agency student
record" is owned by the DIUS
Page 14
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/data/...
Yours faithfully,
James Trice
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