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Information and data requests

Information and data requests

You have legal rights to access certain types of information held by the University of Leeds.

Find out what you can access, how to make a request and what you can expect from us.

Make a request

  • Freedom of Information

    If you are looking for information about the University, you can find out if it’s already published or whether you need to make a Freedom of Information request.

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  • Personal information

    If you want to access personal information we hold about you, you can make a Data Subject Access Request.

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  • CCTV footage

    Find out why we use CCTV on campus and under which circumstances you can request access to footage.

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Information and data request statistics

The University publishes statistics on our performance on handling requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We publish these quarterly, in line with recommendations in the Freedom of Information Code of Practice.  

Information and data requests in 2024

Number of requests we received:

  • Freedom of Information/Environmental Information Regulations requests: 474
  • Data Subject Access Requests: 70
  • Total requests received: 544

Our responses (compliance):

  • Percentage of FOI/EIR requests we closed within the statutory deadline or under permitted extensions: 98%
  • Percentage of Data Subject Access Requests we closed within the statutory deadline or under permitted extensions: 92%
  • Number of Internal Reviews processed in relation to requests received under FOI/EIR: 4
     

Information and data requests in 2025

Data to be published in January 2026.