Vice Chancellor

Dear Bess Thomas

I acknowledge receipt of your email received by this office on 29 January 2025.

Your request will now be dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and has been allocated reference FOI25-041 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 26 February 2025.

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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 Bess,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request dated
29/01/25.

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

Could you please provide information about the Vice Chancellor’s annual
salary, travel expenses (including flights and accommodation), bonuses
and  all of the expenses occurred by the Vice Chancellor since 2014?    

This information is available at [1]Vice-Chancellor’s salary - Public
information - Cardiff University and [2]Annual review - About - Cardiff
University. Please see Notes to the Financial Statements- Staff Costs-
Emoluments of the Vice-Chancellor for each individual year.

Expense claims for the current Vice-Chancellor and previous
Vice-Chancellor (Professor Colin Riordan) are available at [3]Senior staff
expenses and travel costs - Public information - Cardiff University.
Please select individual names for the full history.

Accordingly this information is reasonably accessible to you by other
means and is exempt from disclosure under section 21 of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

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 [4][email address] where it
will be forwarded to the University’s Data Protection Officer 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. Further information is available on their
website: [5]Make a complaint | ICO.

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.

Kind regards,

Swyddfa Ysgrifenydd y Brifysgol University Secretary’s Office

Prifysgol Caerdydd Cardiff University

Ebost : [6][email address]   Email: [7][email address] 

Mae'r Brifysgol yn croesawu The University welcomes correspondence
gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg neu'n in Welsh or English.  Corresponding in
Saesneg.  Ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg Welsh will not lead to any delay.
yn creu unrhwy oedi.

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