Grace on fossil fuels
Dear Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge,
This is a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Could you please provide any email correspondence, and information relating to the recent Regent's House Grace relating to fossil fuel ties from 01/11/2022 and 31/03/2023.
To keep information retrieval focused, please search email records of:
(1) The Head(s) of House (Master/s, President/s or similar), Senior Tutor and Bursar, and any deputies thereof.
(2) College lists consisting of: fellows; governing body.
(3) All members of college council or analogous body.
Key word searching: “fossil fuel”, “grace”, and “Regent House” would direct searches to the following information within the time constraints of the request.
If you are to invoke Section 43 to withhold information in relation to any of these questions please note you must provide details of the exact FOIA exemption, details of who would be prejudiced by this information, and a public interest test justifying a conclusion with arguments for and against the release of the information.
If you are to invoke Section 12 to withhold information in relation to any of these questions please provide details of how locating, retrieving and extracting this information would exceed the appropriate limit of £450 as set out in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. Please also be aware of your duty under section 16 (1) of the Act to advise and assist me in narrowing my request to bring it within the appropriate limit.
Thank you very much for your assistance with this request. If you would like any clarification on the information I have asked for, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I look forward to receiving your response in the next 20 working days.
Could you also kindly confirm upon receipt of this email.
Yours faithfully,
Sam Greenwood
To Sam Greenwood
By email: <[FOI #976747 email]>
Dear Sam Greenwood
Our ref: F2023-013 grace on fossil fuels
Further to your FOI request, set out below, I am responding on behalf of
Lucy Cavendish College, as follows:
The College has conducted key word searches on the emails of the
President, Bursar and Senior Tutor, as well as on the Council email
circulation list and the Governing Body (Trustees of the College) email
circulation list for the words “fossil fuel”, “grace” and “Regent House”
pertaining to emails concerning the recent Regent House Grace relating to
fossil fuels.
Only one reference has come up and that relates to an attachment which was
the agenda of the Colleges’ Committee meeting held on 22 November 2022
when the report from the Acting Vice-Chancellor stated:
Reporter this week [26 October 2022] had included the Council’s response
to the initiated Grace relating to fossil fuel industry ties.
The item in the Reporter is public and can be found here
[1]Cambridge University Reporter No 6673, Wednesday 26 October 2022, Vol
153, No 6
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From: Sam Greenwood <[FOI #976747 email]>
Sent: 27 April 2023 21:55
To: LCC Freedom of Information Officer <[Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Grace on fossil fuels
Dear Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge,
This is a formal request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Could you please provide any email correspondence, and information
relating to the recent Regent's House Grace relating to fossil fuel ties
from 01/11/2022 and 31/03/2023.
To keep information retrieval focused, please search email records of:
(1) The Head(s) of House (Master/s, President/s or similar), Senior Tutor
and Bursar, and any deputies thereof.
(2) College lists consisting of: fellows; governing body.
(3) All members of college council or analogous body.
Key word searching: “fossil fuel”, “grace”, and “Regent House” would
direct searches to the following information within the time constraints
of the request.
If you are to invoke Section 43 to withhold information in relation to any
of these questions please note you must provide details of the exact FOIA
exemption, details of who would be prejudiced by this information, and a
public interest test justifying a conclusion with arguments for and
against the release of the information.
If you are to invoke Section 12 to withhold information in relation to any
of these questions please provide details of how locating, retrieving and
extracting this information would exceed the appropriate limit of £450 as
set out in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate
Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. Please also be aware of your duty under
section 16 (1) of the Act to advise and assist me in narrowing my request
to bring it within the appropriate limit.
Thank you very much for your assistance with this request. If you would
like any clarification on the information I have asked for, please don’t
hesitate to get in touch. I look forward to receiving your response in the
next 20 working days.
Could you also kindly confirm upon receipt of this email.
Yours faithfully,
Sam Greenwood
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