INFORMATION SERVICES
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD
Durham Burt
Data Protection Officer Direct line: +44 (0)1904 323869
Email:
xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxx.xx.xx
www.york.ac.uk/records-management
Dear Thomas Ward,
Freedom of Information Request Ref: F19/255
Thank you for your request for information from the University of York. Please see our response
below.
The cost to the University of management salaries of those sitting on the executive board of the
University of York since 2009. Thank you for providing clarification:
I would like to request both the salaries of these individuals
and their total cost to the University of York. May I request a yearly breakdown of this information
for every year since, and including, 2009, up to the nearest time possible.
Year
Salary total
Cost total
2009
£1,373,979
2010
£1,489,531
2011
£1,594,324
Information not available, please see below.
2012
£1,617,205
2013
£1,568,833
2014
£1,656,740
2015
£1,616,069
£2,245,000
2016
£2,219,278
£2,234,000
2017
£1,781,536
£2,290,000
2018
£1,672,920
£2,566,000
2019
£1,384,483
Not held (as calendar year has not yet finished).
Prior to 2015, the cost total for the University Executive Board was not compiled as part of the Annual
Report. As a result, to establish the values for 2009 – 2014 would require manual collation of records
from the accounts for each of those years.
It is estimated that the time taken to identify, locate and retrieve the relevant records and extract and
collate any information from these, would exceed the costs limit under section 12(1) of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000. The ‘appropriate limit’ is currently £450 for universities, as defined by the
Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. This
letter accordingly acts as a refusal notice in respect of the information sought.
In line with our duty to advise and assist under section 16 of the FoIA, we advise that we would be
able to search for information for 2014 only. It is possible that, if the search does not prove too
challenging, we would also be able to provide information for 2013, however this cannot be
guaranteed (this is due to uncertainty about how long it will take to extract the relevant records).
In accordance with the provisions of section 17(4) of the Freedom of Information Act this letter acts
as a Refusal Notice in respect of the information withheld under section 12(1) above.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted in writing to the Information Governance
Officer at
xxx@xxxx.xx.xx , detailing your grounds for appeal/complaint. A full copy of our review
procedure
can
be
found
at
http://www.york.ac.uk/records-management/foi/foi-policy/foi-
complaints/. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to
the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
I hope this information is helpful.
Yours sincerely,
Information Governance Team