INFORMATION GOVERNANCE
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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
https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exeter.ac.uk%2Fmedi
a%2Funiversityofexeter%2Fhumanresources%2Fdocuments%2Fgrievancedisciplinaryandotherdis
missalprocedures%2FGrievance_Procedure_Updated_060720.pdf&data=02%7C01%7CInform
ationGovernance%40exeter.ac.uk%7Ce64c247b497941cf810108d821c98924%7C912a5d77fb984ee
eaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C1%7C637296496787074310&sdata=co5Y%2Fp5LCxoMyc%2BY8
Xu5%2B978wYB3iaHxirG6gwzEJr0%3D&reserved=0
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
8
8
21
Formal warning
6
S40(2)
0
S40(2)
S40(2)
Cases upheld
S40(2)
S40(2)
S40(2)
S40(2)
S40(2)
Not upheld
S40(2)
11
S40(2)
0
12
Ongoing
0
0
0
0
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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Information Act 2000. The supply of documents under FOI does not give the person who receives the
information an automatic right to re-use the documents without obtaining the consent of the
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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.
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Kind Regards,
Information Governance
University of Exeter