University - "spiking" data.
Dear Birmingham City University,
Please can you answer the following freedom of information request:
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: https://www.police.uk/advice/advice-and-...
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.
I look forward to receiving your response within 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,
russell scott
Dear Russell,
REF: FOI-01399
REQUEST DATED: 18 JULY 2023
Thank you for your email containing a request for information. We received this request on 18th July 2023 and it will be dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We not that you also sent the same request addressed to Birmingham Conservatoire. Please be advised that we will combine both of these requests and process and respond to them as one request.
We will respond to the information request within 20 working days (i.e on or before 15th August 2023). If we are unable to respond to the request or if the University does not hold the information or if there is a reason for it to be withheld, we will write to you with the reasons why.
If you have any queries or concerns about the process, please do not hesitate to contact us. Otherwise we will write to you on or before 15th August 2023.
Many thanks,
Information Management Team
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Birmingham City University
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Dear Russell,
RE: INFORMATION REQUEST DATED 18 JULY 2023
REF: FOI-01399
Further to your request for information, please see our response attached.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Requests for an internal review should be made to the Head of Legal and Compliance at [Birmingham City University request email] or by writing to: Head of Legal and Compliance, Birmingham City University, Joseph Priestley Building, Cardigan Street, B4 7BD.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Please see https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ for details of their procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Thanks,
Information Management Team
Legal Services & Compliance
Birmingham City University
Email: [email address]
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