University of Cambridge

The complainant submitted a request for information which required the University of Cambridge to conduct a random sampling exercise of certain specified records. The university refused the request on the grounds that the Freedom of Information Act provides a right of access to information, it does not entitle an applicant to require a public authority to perform specified tasks. The Commissioner finds that the request was correctly refused, on the grounds that it was not a valid request for information under section 8(1)(c) of the Act. He does not require any action to be taken.