(20 Feb 2016, 3:57 pm)S813 FVK wrote No, is that something that i should do in the future? Thanks for the tip, if so
Nah, I mean they'll have given you that excuse, despite you not even asking them to do it in the first place! I hate templates...

I'd just write back to them and ask them to confirm whether or not they're upholding your complaint? They're not breaching any particular piece of employment law by telling you that.