Grant Churchill Staff-Student Relationship

The request was refused by New College, Oxford.

Dear New College, Oxford,

I write to request information regarding any reports or allegations of sexual assault, harassment or misconduct made against Grant Churchill by a student. I request the number and content of the request as well as any disciplinary action taken following any allegations or reports. As well I request information regarding any actions taken by HR or of a disciplinary nature regarding Grant Churchill having a relationship with a student.

Yours faithfully,

Kalli Dockrill

David Palfreyman, New College, Oxford

Dear Ms Dockrill

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 3^rd September, in which you asked for
information from New College Oxford.

 

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
(FOIA).

 

I can neither confirm nor deny whether New College holds the information
that you have requested.

 

We are not obliged to confirm or deny whether we hold the information you
have requested as if held, this would relate to personal information.
Section 40(5) of the Act provides that there is no duty to confirm or deny
whether we hold the information.

 

The fact section 40(5) of the Act has been cited, should not be taken as
an indication that the information you requested is or is not held by the
College. The terms of this exemption in the FOIA mean that we do not have
to consider whether or not it would be in the public interest for us to
reveal whether or not the information is held.

 

You can find out more about Section 40 by reading the extract from the
Act and some guidance points we consider when applying this exemption,
attached at the end of this letter.

 

You can also find more information by reading the full text of the Act,
available at [1]http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000....

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Bursar, as FOIA Officer

 

 

[2]https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...

 

 

 

 

[3]New College

 

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