This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Complaints under the Harassment Procedure'.



 
INFORMATION GOVERNANCE 
Lafrowda House 
St. German’s Road 
Exeter, UK  
EX4 6TL 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.xx 
www.exeter.ac.uk/ig 
 
28 July 2020 
Ref: FOI20 - 249 
 
Dear Requester, 
Thank you for your email of 6th July 2020 requesting information under the Freedom of Information 
Act 2000.  Please see the responses to each of your questions below: 
Please release the number of formal written complaints the University has received over the last 
five years pertaining to harassment and/or bullying under section 7 of the Grievance Procedure 
set out at 
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Of those complains made, please reveal how many of these complaints have been upheld. 
 

Please see table below 
Date 
2015 
2016 
2017 
2018 
2019 
Total cases 
12 
17 


21 
Formal warning 

S40(2) 

S40(2) 
S40(2) 
Cases upheld 
S40(2) 
S40(2) 
S40(2) 
S40(2) 
S40(2) 
Not upheld 
S40(2) 
11 
S40(2) 

12 
Ongoing 




S40(2) 
 
Any field with data representing a population of fewer than five individuals is presented as S40(2). 
ICO recommends this so the data is appropriately anonymised. This step is taken to ensure personal 
data remains anonymous and is in compliance with ICO best practice and the Freedom of 
Information Act 2000, Section 40(2) which states that the University cannot provide information 
which could constitute personal data. 
 
 



 
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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. 
(https://ico.org.uk/) 
 
Kind Regards, 
 
Information Governance 
University of Exeter