Dear Russell,

I acknowledge receipt of your email received by this office on 18th July 2023.

Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and has been allocated reference FOI23-271 which should be quoted in all correspondence. We will respond to your request within 20 working days starting the next working day after receipt, therefore you can expect to receive a response no later than 16th August 2023.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and, if that is the case, we will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.

Yours sincerely,

Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol
Prifysgol Caerdydd
Ebost : [email address]

Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n Saesneg. Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu unrhwy oedi.
University Secretary's Office
Cardiff University
Email: [email address]

The University welcomes correspondence in Welsh or English. Corresponding in Welsh will not lead to any delay.

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Dear Russell Scott

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated 18
July 2023.

For ease of reference, I have reproduced your questions below and set out
our corresponding responses.

BACKGROUND INFO:

According to Police UK: Spiking is when someone puts alcohol or drugs into
another person’s drink or body without their consent or knowledge.

People can also be a victim of ‘needle spiking’, which is injecting
someone with drugs without their consent.

Spiking can happen to anyone, anywhere and can be carried out by strangers
or people you know.

Spiking someone could be a number of criminal offences, which can carry
sentences of up to ten years in prison; even when no other offence, like
theft or assault, has happened.

Link:
[1]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...

MY REQUEST

1 - Please can you provide the total number of spiking allegations
received by your university in the following calendar years: 2019, 2020,
2021, 2022 and 2023.

Note: Please include all drink and/or needle spiking allegations in your
response.

Cardiff University maintains it records in academic years and not calendar
years. Furthermore, the University does not have a category of ‘drink’ or
‘needle spiking’ to record such allegations. 

Therefore, in order to identify whether a case involved drink spiking in
2020, officers would need to conduct a manual search of the details of
each case record over two academic years (2019/20 and 2020/21). The time
involved in searching for and providing the information you have requested
would exceed the time limit (18 hours) allowed under the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations
2004.  Accordingly, section 12(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000
will apply. 

If we were to receive a request for academic years rather than calendar
years, it would still take in excess of 18 hours to conduct the manual
search of each record to ascertain the information you have requested.

I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.  Should you feel
dissatisfied with this response or the way in which your request was
handled you can request an Internal Review. This should be made in writing
within 40 working days of the date of this email. Please provide your
unique reference number of your request, information on why you are
dissatisfied and any detail you would like us to consider as part of the
Internal Review process. Email your request to
[2][email address] where it will be forwarded to the Head of
Compliance and Risk who will be responsible for overseeing the review.

If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome, you have the right to
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for consideration.  The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in
Cardiff University. If you require further assistance, please feel free to
contact me.

Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office

Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University

Ebost : [3][email address] Email: [4][email address] 
 
 
 
The University welcomes
Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu correspondence in Welsh or English. 
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n Saesneg.  Corresponding in Welsh will not lead
Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn creu to any delay.
unrhwy oedi.

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