KWC Engagement with the Chief Minister

Summary

The request sought all correspondence between King William's College and the Chief Minister from September 2022 to the present, resulting in the disclosure of two documents regarding event invitations and attendance confirmations.

Key Facts

• The request covered correspondence between King William's College leadership and the Chief Minister from 1 September 2022 to date.
• The Cabinet Office released two documents totaling 26 pages with a partial exemption outcome.
• Disclosed documents include an invitation for the Chief Minister to attend the 2025 Founders' Day ceremony.
• The Chief Minister declined an invitation to the 2024 Carol Services due to conflicting Tynwald commitments.
• The response includes a form for the Chief Minister to confirm attendance numbers for the 2025 Leavers' Service.

Data Disclosed

• 1 September 2022
• 2025-05-19
• 2025-06-19
• 24th May 2025
• 26 November 2024
• 22 November 2024
• 30 April 2025
• 19th May
• 10.00 am
• 11.00 am
• 12.30 pm
• 9.35 am
• 26 pages
• 2 documents
• 4669227
• 52022C
• 615
• 000063M
• 1196

Original Request

I seek all correspondence exchanged between King William's College (this includes the Principal, Governing Body, Chair of Governors, Chief Operating Officer/Bursar etc) and the Chief Minister from 1 September 2022 to date.

Data Tables (1)

Data Tables (reformatted)

Full Response Text

Castletown  • Isle of Man • IM9 1TP Tel: +44 (0)1624 820400 • Web: www.kwc.im King William’s College, Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in the Isle of Man Number 52022C. Charity Number 615 Bishop Barrow’s Foundation, Registered in the Isle of Man Number 000063M. Charity Number 1196

April 2025

Hon A L Cannan MHK Chief Minister's Office 3rd Floor, Government Office Bucks Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PG

Dear Mr Cannan,

Founders’ Day 24th May 2025

On Saturday 24th May the Upper Sixth (Year 13) Leavers’ Service (for leavers and parents) begins at 10.00 am in the Chapel of St Thomas. At the end of the Service, Peter Clucas, Chairman of Governors will make a presentation to all new alumni on behalf of the King William’s College Society. The Service is followed by the Founders’ Day ceremony and school prize-giving in the marquee which commences at 11.00 am and concludes at approximately 12.30 pm. A drinks Reception will then take place in King's Court (the Barrovian Hall if wet).

I am delighted to announce that our Guest of Honour this year will be the Isle of Man’s very own Mrs Dot Tilbury MBE who runs the RL360 Cycling League.

I would be grateful if you could arrive in good time and I request that you are in the Principal's study no later than 9.35 am. Parking for Council Members, Governors and MHKs will be just beyond the Bursary and not in the ‘D’. No cars will be allowed into the ‘D’ area. Please make yourself known to one of our parking attendants who will then direct you accordingly.

After the Upper Sixth (Year 13) Leavers’ Service you will be escorted to the Reading Room briefly.
Partners and MHKs will be escorted to the marquee. The Council Members and Governors will then make their way to the marquee while the Guest of Honour, the Chairman of Governors, and I will remain for a few moments. We will then escort the Guest of Honour to the marquee. When the platform party is in position, the band will play the two national anthems after which the Chairman of Governors will welcome the guests and ask the Archdeacon to say a short prayer.

I would be most grateful if you could indicate your attendance by completing the linked form
https://forms.office.com/e/scLNGWtYfE or by emailing : by Monday 19th May. I do hope that you will be able to join us and I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

With best wishes,

DAMIAN HENDERSON PRINCIPAL Email: principal@kwc.im Tel: +44 1624 820428

To: , Principal's Office, King William’s College, Castletown, IOM, IM9 1TP

From: Hon A L Cannan MHK, Chief Minister's Office, 3rd Floor, Government Office, Bucks Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 3PG

Saturday 24th May Numbers attending the College Upper Sixth Leavers’ Service

Numbers attending the Prize-Giving

Numbers attending the Champagne Reception

Names of those attending:

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Please return by Monday 19th May

From: To: Cannan, Alfred Subject: Founders" Day - 24th May 2025 Date: 30 April 2025 14:17:07 Attachments: Council Members, Governors & MHKs Invitation 2025.docx Caution: This email is from an external sender. Please take care before opening any attachments or following any links. This e-mail and any attachment(s) is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e- mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, copy, distribute, disclose or rely on this e-mail or any part of its contents. If you have reason to believe that you are not the intended recipient of this communication please notify the sender immediately, delete it and destroy all copies. Computer virus can be transmitted by e-mail. The recipient should check e-mail and any attachment(s) for the presence of viruses. King William’s College & the Buchan School accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. King William’s College & the Buchan School reserve the right to read any e-mail or attachment(s) entering or leaving its systems from any source without prior notice. From: Cannan, Alfred To: Subject: RE: Invitation to Carol Services at King William"s College Date: 26 November 2024 12:05:00 Dear Thank you for the kind invitation to attend King Williams College Carol Services.  Unfortunately on both dates I am committed with Tynwald or constituency events. Yours sincerely Alfred Cannan Office of the Chief Minister l Cabinet Office l Isle of Man Government l 3rd Floor Government Office l Bucks Road l Douglas l Isle of Man l IM1 3PN l Chiefminister.privateoffice@gov.im  l 01624 685706 -----Original Message----- From: Sent: 22 November 2024 15:56 To: Cannan, Alfred Alfred.Cannan@gov.im Subject: Invitation to Carol Services at King William's College Caution: This email is from an external sender. Please take care before opening any attachments or following any links. This e-mail and any attachment(s) is strictly confidential and intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e- mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, copy, distribute, disclose or rely on this e-mail or any part of its contents. If you have reason to believe that you are not the intended recipient of this communication please notify the sender immediately, delete it and destroy all copies. Computer virus can be transmitted by e-mail. The recipient should check e-mail and any attachment(s) for the presence of viruses. King William’s College & the Buchan School accept no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail. King William’s College & the Buchan School reserve the right to read any e-mail or attachment(s) entering or leaving its systems from any source without prior notice. From: To: principal@kwc.im Subject: RSVP for the Chief Minister Date: 08 May 2024 16:07:00 Attachments: image001.png Good afternoon,   Thank you very much for your kind invitation to the Chief Minister to attend KWC’s Founders’ Day, taking place on 25th May 2024.   Unfortunately, the Chief Minister has another engagement at this time, and would therefore like to extend his apologies as he will be unable to attend Founders’ Day.   The Chief Minister would, however, like to convey his very best wishes to everyone at KWC, and he hopes that your Founders’ Day Event is a great success.   With thanks and kind regards,   Private Secretary to the Chief Minister Office of the Chief Minister l Cabinet Office l Isle of Man Government l 3rd Floor Government Office l Bucks Road l Douglas l Isle of Man l IM1 3PN l https://www.gov.im| 01624 685706

Government Office Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3PN Telephone: (+44) 01624 686244
Website: www.gov.im/co

Our ref: 4669227 19 June 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 19 May 2025, which states:

"I seek all correspondence exchanged between King William's College (this includes the Principal, Governing Body, Chair of Governors, Chief Operating Officer/Bursar etc) and the Chief Minister from 1 September 2022 to date."

Please find copies of the information you have requested attached.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Cabinet Office is unable to provide some of the information you have requested because it is absolutely exempt under section 25(2)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (absolutely exempt personal information). The reasons why that exemption applies are that:

• The Cabinet Office is satisfied that the information amounts to personal data of which you are not the data subject; and • The Cabinet Office is satisfied that disclosure of the information would contravene one of the data protection principles as set out at Article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation as it applies in the Isle of Man pursuant to the Data Protection (Application of GDPR) Order 2018, namely that the Cabinet Office can only disclose the information where it would be fair, lawful and meet one of the conditions for lawful processing in Article 6 and in this case, none of those conditions have been met.

Please quote the reference number 4669227 in any future communications.

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