Dear Steve Elibank

During the unprecedented challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic, while De Montfort University will make every effort to comply
with the timescales of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the General
Data Protection Regulation, and the Data Protection Act 2018, it may be
necessary to temporarily divert resources to support the welfare and
safety of staff and students, and away from the University’s compliance
and information rights work, and this may impact our response times.

We apologise for any impact this may have, but this is a challenge many
organisations will face at the moment and one the Information
Commissioner’s Office have recognised.  The Information Commissioner’s
Office have advised:

We can’t extend statutory timescales, but we will tell people through our
own communications channels that they may experience understandable delays
when making information rights requests during the pandemic.

The Information Commissioner’s Office have provided additional information
[1]here

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

Thank you for your email request below.

Your request is being considered and if the information is held you will
receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20
working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to
the information not being exempt.

If the time taken to meet your request is likely to exceed 18 hours, we
will contact you and ask you amend your request to bring it below this
time limit. We will assist you with suggestions of how this might be
achieved.

I may also contact you if the request needs to be clarified; this is to
ensure that we provide you with the information you require.

Please note that some information you have requested may not be provided
to you; this will only be information that can be withheld by law.  In
most cases the reasons will be explained to you along with your copy of
any information that can be released to you.

In order to ensure a prompt response to any communication, please ensure
that any further emails are copied to [2][De Montfort University request email].

Yours sincerely,

Michael

Michael Davies

Information Governance Officer

Governance and Legal

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

Trinity House

The Gateway

Leicester

LE1 9BH

T: +44 (0)116 250 6513

E: [3][email address]

W: dmu.ac.uk

dangos adrannau a ddyfynnir

Dear Steve Elibank

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000-INFORMATION REQUEST

During the unprecedented challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic, while De Montfort University is making every effort to comply
with the timescales of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the General
Data Protection Regulation, and the Data Protection Act 2018, it has been
necessary to temporarily divert resources to support the welfare and
safety of staff and students, and away from the University’s compliance
and information rights work, and this has impacted our response times.

We apologise for any impact this may have, but this is a challenge many
organisations will face at the moment and one the Information
Commissioner’s Office have recognised.  The Information Commissioner’s
Office have advised:

We can’t extend statutory timescales, but we will tell people through our
own communications channels that they may experience understandable delays
when making information rights requests during the pandemic.

The Information Commissioner’s Office have provided additional information
[1]here

Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act and our response is as follows:

The handbook and reading lists requested have not yet been
written/finalised for the 2021/2022 academic year.  As an alternative I
have attached the same documents for the 2020/2021 academic year.

It has been necessary to redact some personal information contained in the
attached documents.  These changes have been made under the Section 40(2)
exemption covering the personal data of third parties.

If you have any queries please get in touch with me to discuss them. You
might like to know that the University’s website [2]www.dmu.ac.uk contains
a section on the Freedom of Information Act that lists other publications
readily available from the University under its Publication Scheme.

Yours sincerely,

Michael

Michael Davies

Information Governance Officer

Governance and Legal

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

Trinity House

The Gateway

Leicester

LE1 9BH

T: +44 (0)116 250 6513

E: [3][email address]

W: dmu.ac.uk

You have the right to complain to the University about this decision.  If
you wish to do this please write to:

Regulations and Complaints Manager

Corporate Services

0.13 Trinity House

Leicester

Telephone (0116) 257 7694

If you are subsequently not satisfied with the University’s response to
your complaint you have a right of appeal to the independent Information
Commissioner.

The Information Commissioner’s Offices are currently closed, and therefore
unable to receive correspondence via post.  Please contact the Information
Commissioner’s Office through their [4]contact page

Most of the information we provide in response to Freedom of Information
Act 2000 request will be subject to copyright protection. In most cases
the copyright will be owned by De Montfort University. The copyright in
other information may be owned by another person or organization as
indicated in the information itself.

You are free to use any information supplied for your own use, including
for non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for
the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for
example, publishing the information or issuing copies to the public will
require the permission of the copyright holder.

For information where the copyright is owned by the De Montfort
University, details of the conditions of re-use can be found on our
website at [5]www.dmu.ac.uk.

For information where the copyright is owned by another person or
organization, you must apply to the copyright holder to obtain their
permission.

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