Miss Zoe Allwood
FOI Manager
Farrah Abdullah
By email
Reference: FOI-2020-565
3 September 2020
Dear Ms Abdullah,
Your request was received on 11 August 2020 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’).
You asked:
I would like to request past Exam Papers and Examiners' Reports for English Literature Year 1-
3 (includes optional papers) in 1994-2004.
Your request is refused under section 14(1) of the Act because the University considers it to be
vexatious. This is not because of the tone or content of your request but instead because of the grossly
oppressive burden that would be imposed on the University by the requirement to collate and scan
these materials, which only exist in hard copy, and thereafter to redact the examiners’ reports. We are
also mindful of your previous requests FOI-2019-728 and FOI-2020-486, in response to which we have
already sent you the same information in relation to the 15-year period 2005 to the present. We
consider this cumulative burden to be sufficient to enable the engagement of section 14(1).
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request an internal review of this decision, you should contact us quoting the reference
number above. The University would normally expect to receive your request for an internal review
within 40 working days of the date of this letter and reserves the right not to review a decision where
there has been undue delay in raising a complaint. If you are not content with the outcome of your
review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the University. The Information Commissioner may be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
(https://ico.org.uk/).
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Yours sincerely,
Zoe Allwood
