Mental Health
Dear Universities,
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information in regards to the mental heath resources at your university.
1. How many support service staff have been employed with a mental health remit (e.g. counselling, wellbeing) in each of the last 5 academic years. If a breakdown is not available for mental health staff, please provide a total for the closest possible category.
2. Budget for mental health support for each of the last 5 academic years, and where possible a breakdown on how that money is allocated, e.g. staff, marketing, equipment etc.
3. Number of students seeking mental health support in each of the last 5 academic years.
4. Average waiting time for mental health support in each of the last 5 academic years.
5. Any internal reports or reviews relating to mental health provision over the last 5 years.
Please provide the above information digitally, preferably in the form of an excel spreadsheet.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under your Section 16 obligations, as to how I can refine my request to be included in the scope of the Act.
In any case, if you can identify ways that my request could be refined please provide further advice and assistance to indicate this.
I look forward to your response within 20 working days, as stipulated by the Act.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will be happy to clarify what I am asking for.
Yours faithfully,
Kirsty Card
FOI 275-18
Dear Kirsty Card,
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Acknowledgement
I acknowledge the request for information contained in your email below
and confirm that a response will be prepared under the terms of the
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 which you will receive by close
of play on 10 January 2019.
If the information you have requested is exempt under the Act we will
advise you of this and of your right to appeal. If the information you
have requested refers to a third party we may consult them before
providing a response. A fee may be payable for the information, in which
case we will advise you of this, and await your response before proceeding
any further with the request. If we request clarification regarding the
information sought or a fee, the 20 working day response time will be
suspended until we have received this from you.
Please let me know if you require your response in an alternative format.
Further information is available from the Office of the Scottish
Information Commissioner at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St. Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
[1]http://www.itspublicknowledge.info
Appeals can now be made online via the Commissioner’s website, please see
link below:
[2]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal
If you have any queries please contact me quoting the reference number
given above.
Yours sincerely,
Elaine Clark
Governance Adviser (Freedom of Information)
Governance & Compliance
Edinburgh Napier University
Room 5.B.18
Sighthill Campus
EDINBURGH
EH11 4BN
email: [3][email address]
phone: 0131 455 6255
fax: 0131 455 6269
FOI 275-18
Dear Kirsty Card,
Thank you for your information request dated 7 December 2018. Please find
the response to your request embedded within the attached document in blue
text for ease of refence. Please let me know if you have any problems
accessing these documents.
Unless otherwise stated, Edinburgh Napier University reserves copyright in
all information provided under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act
2002 (FOISA). Although the information is available under the legislation
this does not mean that the University has waived its copyright and
therefore the information must not be reproduced in any way or made
available in whole or in part without the written permission of the
copyright holder.
Follow-up procedural guidance
If you are not satisfied with the way the University has dealt with your
request for information, you have a right under FOISA to request a review
of this decision. If you wish to exercise this right, you must write to
the University to request a review within forty working days of receipt of
this decision. Your request for a review must be in writing and you must
specify your name and address for correspondence. You must also identify
the decision that you wish to have reviewed.
Should you wish to request a review, please address your request to:
David Cloy
University Secretary
Governance & Compliance
Edinburgh Napier University
Room 5.B.18 Sighthill Campus,
Sighthill Court,
Edinburgh EH11 4BN, or email: [1][email address]
Your review will be undertaken by staff not involved in the original
decision making process. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of a
review, you have a right under the FOISA to appeal to the Scottish
Information Commissioner. If you wish to do so, you must appeal to the
Commissioner within six months following the date of receipt of the review
notice. The Commissioner’s contact details are as follows:
The Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Email: [2][email address]
Tel: 01334 464610
Appeals can now be made online via the Commissioner’s website, please see
link below:
[3]www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal
Yours sincerely,
Elaine Clark
Governance Adviser (Freedom of Information)
Governance & Compliance
Edinburgh Napier University
Room 5.B.18
Sighthill Campus
EDINBURGH
EH11 4BN
email: [4][email address]
phone: 0131 455 6255
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