Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant made a request for information to Queen Mary, University of London (-�the public authority-�) on 18 March 2010 for the number of students that were paid to delay accepting their place over three years. The public authority did not respond to his request because it believed the request to be vexatious and applied section 17(6) on the grounds that it had applied section 14(1) to a request made previously on 19 January 2010. The Commissioner has considered the background leading up to this request and has decided that the public authority correctly applied section 14(1) to the request for information. However, he also found that the public authority incorrectly applied 17(6) to this request within the context of the previous section 14(1) notice that had been considered by the Commissioner under reference FS50296057. As a result the Commissioner has found the public authority to be in breach of section 17(5). Information Tribunal appeal EA/2010/0177 withdrawn.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 14 - Complaint Not upheld, FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld