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Dear Adam,

Thank you for your FOI requests received this morning.
Just to let you know I have amalgamated your requests into one. So, you will receive one response from us.

Best wishes,

Gladys Mandangu
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator
Data Protection Office
Office of General Counsel
University College London

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Dear Adam,

Thank you for your calls and apologies for the delay in responding to your
request for information.

By way of update on your request for information FOI 024-218, we are
continuing to liaise with the business in relation to your request.

We will get back to you as soon as we can and we thank you for your
patience while we process your request.

Kind regards,

Josh

Josh Keyte

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Adviser

University College London

Legal Services

Data Protection: [1][email address] FOI: [2][UCL request email]

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Dear Adam,

Thank you for your calls.

My colleague Josh is dealing with your FOI request . I emailed him this
morning and he assured me that he will contact you with an update. I
apologise that we have not been able to provide you with a response on
time.

Kind regards,

Gladys Mandangu

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Administrator

Data Protection Office

Office of General Counsel

University College London

Tel: 020 8016 8488 (internal ext. 68488)

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Dear Adam,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 15 March 2024. 
Apologies for the delay in responding to your request.

We have completed the compilation of information in response to your
request which read:

Please could you provide a list of all of the programmes that accepted
applications in UCAS Clearing or Clearing Plus in the years 2021, 2022 and
2023 how many spots were available for these courses through Clearing or
Clearing Plus, and the grade requirements (both for contextual and
non-contextual students) through Clearing or Clearing Plus.

We can confirm that we do hold information of the description specified in
your request and this information is provided below and in the attached
PDF.

OUR RESPONSE

UCL did not accept any applications through UCAS Clearing or Clearing Plus
in the years 2021 or 2022.  Please see the attached PDF for the 2023
information.

Technically, the contextual and non-contextual grade requirements
information is exempt information under s21 of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 – information accessible to applicant by other means. You can
find the information you need by using our online prospectus, which can be
found here: [1]https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-studen...

As you will see within the attached PDF, where the number of students is 5
or fewer (˜5), the information has been withheld because, with such low
numbers, even providing this information without names it is possible that
the underlying individuals could be identified, which means that this is
personal data of third parties or, if linked with other personal
identifiers in the public domain, would be likely to become personal data.
This information has been withheld under Section 40(2) of the FOIA by
virtue of Section 40(3A)(a).

Section 40(2) of the FOIA allows a public authority to withhold
information under the FOIA where (i) the requested information is personal
data relating to someone other than the requester and (ii) its disclosure
would breach any of the Data Protection principles. In this case, we
believe that the requested information could relate to and identify
individuals and therefore would be personal data. The disclosure of these
personal data would not be within the reasonable expectations of the
individuals concerned and it would be unfair to do so; this therefore
breaches the first Data Protection principle.

As the Section 40(2) exemption is an absolute one, there is no need to
conduct a public interest test.

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 by publishing or issuing copies to the public, will require the
permission of the copyright owner.

If you are unhappy with our response to your request and wish to make a
complaint or request a review of our decision, please email
[2][email address]. Emails should include the words ‘Internal
Review’ in the subject and be marked For the Attention of the
Vice-President (Operations), alternatively you should write to:

Vice-President (Operations)

University College London

Gower Street

London

WC1E 6BT

Please note, complaints and requests for internal review received more
than two months after the initial decision will not be handled.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner at the address given below.
You should do this within two months of our final decision.

If you have any queries or concerns, please contact me using the details
provided in this letter and including the request reference number.

Further information on the Freedom of Information Act is available from
the Information Commissioner’s Office:

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

SK9 5AF

01625 545700

[3]www.ico.org.uk

[4][email address]

Kind regards,

Josh Keyte

Data Protection and Freedom of Information Adviser

University College London

Legal Services

Data Protection: [5][email address] FOI: [6][UCL request email]

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