Benson and Glasgow Caledonian University: SIC 24 May 2011

Suspension of staff – Mr Ian Benson (Mr Benson) asked Glasgow Caledonian University (the University) for information as to the number of staff suspended. The University responded by advising Mr Benson in terms of section 14(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) that it was not obliged to comply with this request as it considered it to be a repeated request. Mr Benson was dissatisfied with these responses and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner found that the University had acted in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA when responding to Mr Benson’s information request. He concluded that this was a repeated request for the purposes of section 14(2) of FOISA, and so the University was not obliged to comply with the request.

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[2011] ScotIC 098 – 2011

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Updated: 23 September 2022; Ref: scu.447300