9 January 2017, Education (University)
The complainant submitted a request to the public authority for information which in his view relates to the University of Huddersfield’s conferment of an Honorary Professorship/Fellowship on the Duchess of York. The Commissioner has concluded that the public authority does not hold any information relating to the conferment of an Honorary Professorship/Fellowship on the Duchess of York, since no such award has been conferred. The Commissioner has also found that the public authority complied with its duty to provide advice and assistance within the meaning in section 16 FOIA in its handling of the request. She however found the public authority in breach of the procedural requirement in section 10(1) FOIA.
FOI 1: Not upheld FOI 10: Not upheld FOI 16: Not upheld