Donations
Dear University of Edinburgh,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
I would like to be provided with the following information:
(1) For the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 and information available for 2020/21, I would like to be provided with details on accepted donations (worth over £10,000), gifts (worth over £10,000), grants (worth over £10,000) and research funding (worth over £10,000) that have come from Russian individuals, Russian companies, Russian charities, Russian government departments/agencies, and other Russian organisations.
For each donation, gift, grant and research funding, I would like the following information:
- Provide the name of the Russian individual/company/charity/government department/agency/organisation that gave the donation/gift/grant/research funding
- The date the university accepted such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the accepted donation, gift, grant and research funding
- A description of what the donation, gift, grant and research funding was used for
(2) Also, for the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 and information available for 2020/21, I would like to be provided with details on donations (worth over £10,000), gifts (worth over £10,000), grants (worth over £10,000) and research funding (worth over £10,000) that have come from Russian individuals, Russian companies, Russian charities, Russian government departments/agencies, and other Russian organisations which have been rejected by the university.
For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the following information:
- Provide the name of the Russian individual/company/charity/government department/agency/organisation that gave the donation/gift/grant/research funding
- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was rejected
I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request. Many thanks.
Yours faithfully,
Jenna Corderoy
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Dear Ms Corderoy
Thank you for your email of 23 July 2020 requesting information about
donations from Russia.
As explained in our automatic reply message, the University’s working
arrangements are affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. Unfortunately, I am
currently unable to tell you exactly when you will receive a response to
your request. However, I can confirm that it is actively being progressed
and that we are making all efforts to respond to your request promptly.
The [1]Scottish Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a statement
about requests during the Covid-19 pandemic which you may find helpful.
If you are unhappy with the way the University has handled your request,
you do have the right to ask the University to conduct an internal review
of the reasons for the delay. The [2]Scottish Information Commissioner’s
guidance about this during the Covid-19 pandemic is available on their
website. If you wish to submit a review request you should write to the
Records Management Section (using this email address), describing the
original request, explaining your grounds for dissatisfaction, and
including an address for correspondence. When the review process is
complete, if you are still dissatisfied, you may use the Scottish
Information Commissioner’s guidance on making an appeal to make an appeal
to the Commissioner.
[3]The University of Edinburgh's request privacy notice, which describes
how we use the information you have supplied about yourself and your
request, is published on the University website.
Yours sincerely
Rob Don
Information Compliance Officer
Records Management Section
The University of Edinburgh | Old College | South Bridge | Edinburgh | EH8
9YL
Email: [University of Edinburgh request email]
Website: [4]http://www.ed.ac.uk/records-management
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
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Dear Jenna Corderoy
Thank you for your email of 23 July 2020 requesting information about
funds from Russian sources. Please find our response attached. Please
accept our apologies for the delay to our response to your request.
The University of Edinburgh's privacy notice, which describes how we use
the information you have supplied about yourself and your request, is
available on-line at
[1]https://www.ed.ac.uk/records-management/....
Yours sincerely
Rob Don
Information Compliance Officer
Records Management Section
The University of Edinburgh | Old College | South Bridge | Edinburgh | EH8
9YL
Email: [University of Edinburgh request email]
Website: [2]http://www.ed.ac.uk/records-management
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
with registration number SC005336.
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