City University

The complainant requested from City University London (“the University”) information about its Bar Professional Training Course (“BPTC”). In relation to examinations for two subjects, he requested details of how many people were due to sit each examination, how many people sat each examination, how many people passed each examination and how many people failed each examination for the period 2009-2013. The University withheld this information under sections 21, 22, 36, 41 and 43(2). The Commissioner’s decision is that the University has correctly applied section 36 to the withheld information for the period 2010-2013. He has however decided that it breached section 1 by not informing the complainant that it did not hold any information falling within the scope of the request for the period 2009-10. The Commissioner does not require the University to take any further steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.