Freedom of Information request compliance
Dear University of London,
I would like to know, during each of the calendar years 2021, 2022, and 2023 (to date)
(i) On how many occasions has the University of London failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request within the statutory 20 working day time limit required by law.
(ii) On how many occasions, when an internal review has been requested, has the University of London failed to conduct an internal review and notify the requesting party of the outcome of the internal review within the 20 working day timeframe mentioned in the ICO Code of Practice.
I would like each of (i) and (ii) as an absolute number e.g. 4, and a percentage e.g. 10% of requests received.
Yours faithfully,
Raymond Perry
Dear Raymond Perry
Thank you for your request for information.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.
You can find out more about Freedom of Information at the University of London, and view our publication scheme, at the following link:
http://www.london.ac.uk/foi.html
Yours sincerely
Emily Brick
Information Governance Officer
University of London Senate House
Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
[email address]
www.london.ac.uk
“The University of London is an exempt charity and a statutory corporation in England and Wales (Company No. RC000661) HMRC Charities Reference X422. VAT Registration GB 222 7971 03. The University’s aspirational target is to achieve zero carbon by 2036. Please consider the environment before printing.”
Dear Raymond Perry
We are processing your request for information but do require information on one point please:
(i) On how many occasions has the University of London failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request within the statutory 20 working day time limit required by law.
On occasion, the University is allowed to extend a response by an additional 20 days to consider the public interest test under various exemptions, would you like us to include these?
Yours sincerely,
Emily Brick
Information Governance Officer
University of London Senate House
Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
[email address]
www.london.ac.uk
“The University of London is an exempt charity and a statutory corporation in England and Wales (Company No. RC000661) HMRC Charities Reference X422. VAT Registration GB 222 7971 03. The University’s aspirational target is to achieve zero carbon by 2036. Please consider the environment before printing.”
Dear Emily,
Thank you for your response.
If you could include
(i) where the university took more than 20 days without any exemption under the Act to consider public interest tests; and
(ii) where the university took more than 20 days where it is allowed to do so under the Act to consider the public interest test
as separate numbers, that would be very helpful.
Yours sincerely,
Raymond Perry
Thank you for your email. You have reached the team responsible for
Freedom of Information requests and Records Management matters at the
University of London.
The University of London is now closed for the Easter period and will
re-open on the 12th April 2023. If you are making a Freedom of Information
Request, we will process these as soon as possible.
Please make sure that you check your JUNK MAIL as well as your regular
inbox.
Many thanks,
Records Management Team
Dear Raymond Perry
Thank you for your request for information. To answer your request please see attached our spreadsheet.
Unfortunately the data for 2021 is unreliable and very difficult to get the information requested, therefore providing the information requested in this request will require a level of manual collation that will greatly exceed the appropriate limits defined in Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, 'Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit'.
Yours sincerely,
Emily Brick
Records Manager
University of London Senate House
Malet Street London WC1E 7HU
www.london.ac.uk
“The University of London is an exempt charity and a statutory corporation in England and Wales (Company No. RC000661) HMRC Charities Reference X422. VAT Registration GB 222 7971 03. The University’s aspirational target is to achieve zero carbon by 2036. Please consider the environment before printing.”
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