Freedom of
Information
Decision Notice
SUMMARY
APPLICANT
Mr Russ Hunter
REF NUMBER
FOI-13-20
SCOPE
• Data on the student careers services spend (excluding
operational costs) for the academic year 2018/19.
DECISION MAKER Louisa Volante
DECISION DATE
12 February 2020
Decision
I, Louisa Volante, Information Governance Manager dealt with your request for information
received by the University of Wolverhampton (University) in accordance with the
Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the FOI Act).
I can confirm, the requested information is held by the University of Wolverhampton in full.
I have decided to disclose the requested information in full.
Please refer to pages two and three for further information regarding my decision.
Louisa Volante
Information Governance Manager
12 February 2020
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Background & Scope of Application
On 20 January 2020, the University of Wolverhampton received Mr Hunter’s, Freedom of
Information (FOI) application, requesting the following:
• Data on the student careers services spend (excluding operational costs) for the
academic year 2018/19.
On 23 January 2020, the University of Wolverhampton received correspondence from Mr Hunter
to change the scope of the requested information. The exclusion of operational costs that
formed part of the application was asked to be removed and for the data to cover the overall
careers spend.
Search for Documents
Based on the original scope of this request, I conducted a search of the University of
Wolverhampton records to determine whether the requested information can be provided to Mr
Hunter in response to the original application, dated 20 January 2020 (and the subsequent
revision of the requested information on 23 January 2020).
The following searches were undertaken:
•
Consultation with the University of Wolverhampton’s Finance Department.
Decision
In accordance with Section 1(1)(a) of the FOI Act, I can confirm that the University does hold the
requested information in full and I have decided to disclose the requested information in full.
Please find the requested information contained within Schedule 1 of this Decision Notice.
If you are dissatisfied with our response please contact us with the details of your dispute via
email
at xxx@xxx.xx.xx and we will conduct an internal review of our response.
If you are still dissatisfied with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right of
complaint to the Information Commissioner at the following address
: https://ico.org.uk/
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Schedule 1
The University of Wolverhampton’s Finance Department have collated the information
requested concerning costs. The overall costs for the Financial Year 2018/2019 is £366,784.
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Document Outline