Dr James Knapton
Information Compliance Officer
Siew Chwee Oh
By email
Reference: FOI-2018-136
2 March 2018
Dear Siew Chwee Oh,
Your request was received on 17 February 2018 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 the following information regarding admissions to the BA Law course
(M100) for first-degree domestic (UK) and overseas (non-UK) students in the 2017/2018
admissions cycle:
Number of applications received, interview offers given, applicants pooled, direct offers made
and winter pool offers made for the BA Law course (M100) in each college for 2018.
This information, while held, is due for future publication on the University’s website in May 2018 at
https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/apply/statistics and is therefore exempt under section
22(1) of the Act. As this is a qualified exemption, the University has considered whether, in all the
circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public
interest in disclosing the information. The University considers that, while there is an understandable
general interest in admissions statistics, the extensive publication arrangements that are in place are
sufficient to meet that interest.
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 write to Dr Kirsty Allen, Head of the
Registrary’s Office, quoting the reference above, at The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2
1TN or send an email marked for her attention to
xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.xx. 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
The Old Schools
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Email: xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.xx
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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/).
Yours sincerely,
James Knapton