St Mary's University, Twickenham

The complainant has requested information relating to staff workload and stress. St Mary's University Twickenham (“the public authority”) disclosed information in response to the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that, in response to part 2 of the request, the public authority has failed to comply with its section 1 (general right of access to information held by public authorities) of FOIA. The Commissioner requires the public authority to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: confirm or deny whether it holds information of the description specified in part 2 of the request and if held, disclose this information to the complainant unless a relevant exemption under part 2 of FOIA applies, in which case a valid refusal under section 17 (refusal of request) must be issued.