University of Exeter
- Date 6 February 2023
- Sector Education
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 10: Upheld, FOI 12: Partly upheld, FOI 16: Not upheld, FOI 21: Upheld
The Commissioner’s decision is that the University of Exeter (‘the University’) incorrectly relied on section 21 of FOIA to refuse to comply with parts 2a and 2b of the request about student accommodation. However, the University was not obliged to comply with these parts under section 12(1) of FOIA as to do so would exceed the appropriate cost limit. There was no breach of section 16(1) with regards to parts 2a and 2b.The University does not hold the information requested in parts 2c and 2d of the request and incorrectly applied section 12(1) to those parts. With regard to those parts it breached section 10(1) of FOIA as it did not comply with section 1(1) within 20 working days. First-tier tribunal (General Regulatory chamber) information rights appeal EA/2023/0122 appeal dismissed.