Total hotel costs manangement retreats 2007-09

The request was refused by University of Salford.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please could you supply me with the total costs for the booking of hotels for the management retreats 2007-08. By management retreats I take this to mean those attended by the overall management group.

Yours faithfully,

Gary Duke

Foi, University of Salford

Dear Mr Duke,

I write in response to your six requests to the University made under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which were received on 13 November.
These requests for information will not be processed because they are
being treated as vexatious under section 14(1) of the Act.

Therefore, in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a refusal notice.

You have the right to complain against the handling of your requests. If
you wish to complain, please set out in writing your ground(s) of
complaint and send to me at the address below.

Further information is also available from the Information Commissioner
at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 01625 545 700, website
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Matthew Stephenson

Head of Information Governance,
Governance Services,
University of Salford,
Clifford Whitworth Building,
Salford M5 4WT

Tel: 0161 295 6856
Fax: 0161 295 6339
Email: [email address]
Web: www.infogov.salford.ac.uk/

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Dear University of Salford,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of University of Salford's handling of my FOI request 'Total hotel costs manangement retreats 2007-09'.

In accordance with advice given to me by Mr Matthew Stephenson an employee of the University of Salford vested with dealing with Freedom of Information requests, I have ensured that my requests were refined and specific.

I refute your accusation that my claims are vexatious under 14.1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I note that you have also used the accusation of vexatiousness to avoid giving any information to requests made by others.

I note that the attitude of the University of Salford stand in stark contrast to the of the University of Glasgow, who appear willing to respond in a positive manner to requests from staff, students and members of the public. What on earth does the University wish to hide from public scrutiny?

The University of Salford is a public authority, which receives public money in the form of grants from HEFCE who themselves are sourced from public taxes. The University also receives fees from students. As a student at Salford and a tax payer, I believe that this information should be made readily available to the public.

I therefore request an internal review of your decision.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/to...

Yours faithfully,

Gary Duke

Foi, University of Salford

Dear Sir,

As per your request, the University of Salford has conducted an internal
review of its decision relating to your request for information made
under the Freedom of Information.

I apologise for the delay in responding. The review was of a large
number of individual requests which contributed to this delay.

The outcome of the review was to uphold the original decision. The
request is considered, along with a number of other requests, to be
vexatious as specified under section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information
Act and so your request will not be processed.

Therefore, in accordance with the requirements of section 17 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a refusal notice.

You have the right to complain against the handling of your request.
You may do so to the Information Commissioner's Office whose address is:
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 01625
545 700, website www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Yours faithfully

Matthew Stephenson

Head of Information Governance
Governance Services
University of Salford
Clifford Whitworth Building
Salford
M5 4WT

T: 0161 295 6856
F: 0161 295 6339
[email address]
www.infogov.salford.ac.uk

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Ben Harris left an annotation ()

This request is the subject of the Information Commissioner's decision notice FS50304283:

"The Commissioner’s decision is that the public authority correctly applied section 14 of the Act to the refused requests but, in failing to provide the complainant with a refusal notice which stated the fact that the first two requests were refused under section 14 of the Act, within the time for compliance with section 1 of the Act, the public authority breached section 17(5) of the Act."
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