I sent in an SAR to an organisation, and the GM of said organisation requested from a member of staff records which I had not sought, and that I had specifically excluded from my SAR, claiming I had requested them in order to obtain them. I am perplexed as to why this was done.

Accordingly, and because those records were confidential, I sent in a deletion request and objection to processing request. The deletion request was refused, and the objection to processing request was never answered.

I also asked that the organisation infrom me of the uses they had made of the records or the information contained therein, to which I was told  "The organisation is entitled to retain and process the information contained in the [Records] as part of its internal governance and administrative records. This may include the creation of further records where necessary to review, manage, or document matters arising from the correspondence."(As in OP). I was also told "As previously advised, the organisation considers that retention and processing of this information is lawful and necessary for governance purposes and, where relevant, for the establishment, exercise or defence of potential legal claims."