Dear St John's College, Oxford,

Please provide the following information:
1. For each year from 2010 to 2019, how many appeals and complaints (Stage 1 of appeal process) relating to undergraduate admission did the college receive?
2. For each of these years, how many of these appeals and complaints were upheld at Stage 1 and resulted in an applicant receiving an offer? (ie a student appealed a rejection for an undergraduate course and subsequently received an offer from the college without the need to progress to Stage 2 of the appeal process)

Please list appeals and complaints separately.

Thank you for your assistance.
Dr. Mike Whittome

Dear St John's College, Oxford,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of St John's College, Oxford's handling of my FOI request 'Number of admission appeals and complaints from 2010 to 2019 and the number upheld at Stage 1 of appeal process.'

The Principal Bursar reports such data is only held for 12 months in order to comply with General Data Protection Rules. These rules have been misinterpreted. Anonymised data, such as that requested above, is exempt from GDPR. Furthermore, it is important such data is kept to facilitate independent analysis and scrutiny.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Mike Whittome