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Dear King's College London,

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

I would like to be provided with the following information:

(1) For the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 and information available for 2020/21, I would like to be provided with details on accepted donations (worth over £10,000), gifts (worth over £10,000), grants (worth over £10,000) and research funding (worth over £10,000) that have come from Chinese individuals, Chinese companies, Chinese charities, Chinese government departments/agencies, and other Chinese organisations.

For each donation, gift, grant and research funding, I would like the following information:
- Provide the name of the Chinese individual/company/charity/government department/agency/organisation that gave the donation/gift/grant/research funding
- The date the university accepted such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the accepted donation, gift, grant and research funding
- A description of what the donation, gift, grant and research funding was used for

(2) Also, for the financial years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 and information available for 2020/21, I would like to be provided with details on donations (worth over £10,000), gifts (worth over £10,000), grants (worth over £10,000) and research funding (worth over £10,000) that have come from Chinese individuals, Chinese companies, Chinese charities, Chinese government departments/agencies, and other Chinese organisations which have been rejected by the university.

For each rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding, please provide the following information:
- Provide the name of the Chinese individual/company/charity/government department/agency/organisation that gave the donation/gift/grant/research funding
- The date the university rejected such donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The sum and description of the rejected donation, gift, grant and research funding
- The reasons why the donation, gift, grant and research funding was rejected

I would like to receive the information electronically. If you feel that a substantive response to this request is not possible within a reasonable time frame, or the request is too broad or too vague, I would be grateful if you could contact me and provide assistance as to how I could refine the request. Many thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Jenna Corderoy

Information Compliance, King's College London

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Kind regards
Information Compliance

Information Compliance, King's College London

Dear Jenna,

Thank you for your email. We will treat your request for information as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received by the university 20 August 2020. We will endeavour to respond to your request within the statutory 20 working day time frame. Please note that the university has adopted the Model Publication Scheme and also publishes FOI responses on our Disclosure Log.

Kind regards

Jade Roche
Information Compliance

King’s College London
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8WA

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Information Compliance, King's College London

Dear Jenna,

Thank you for your email. We will treat your request for information as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, received by the university on 20 August 2020. We will endeavour to respond to your request within the statutory 20 working day time frame.

Please note that the university has adopted the Model Publication Scheme and also publishes FOI responses on our Disclosure Log.

Kind regards,
Olenka.

Olenka Cogias
Senior Information Compliance Officer
Department of Business Assurance
King’s College London
Room 5.35
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London SE1 8WA

Tel: 020 7848 7816
Email: [email address]

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Cogias, Olenka, King's College London

Dear Jenna,

Further to your request for information, I have been asked to clarify the following with you:

1. Please can the requester define what they mean by each of the following terms as each category can be interpreted in a number of ways:

a) 'Chinese individuals'
b) 'Chinese companies'
c) 'Chinese charities'
d) 'Chinese government departments/agencies'
e) 'other Chinese organisations'

When we receive clarification of the above points we will respond as soon as possible and within 20 working days.

Kind regards,
Olenka.

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Thank-you for your email.

I am happy to restrict it to just Chinese government departments and agencies.

Yours sincerely,

Jenna Corderoy

Cogias, Olenka, King's College London

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Dear Jenna,

Please find attached the response to your clarified request.

Kind regards,
Olenka

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