Centre for New Zealand Studies - Finances, Rooms & Staff

Dear Mr Burns

Thank you for your request for information, received on 18 April 2011. Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

You can find out more about Freedom of Information at the University of London, and view our publication scheme, at the following link:
http://www.london.ac.uk/foi.html

Yours sincerely

Dr Kit Good
University Records Manager & FOI Officer
University of London
Senate House (Room 111)
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU

Tel: 020 7862 8216
Fax: 020 7862 8019
Email: [email address]

The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194)

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Dear Mr Burns

Thank you for your request for information, received 18 April.

Your requested the following information:

1) What holding and operating accounts have existed between November 2009
and 31 March 2011 that have held or disbursed money related to the Centre
for New Zealand Studies (or what remains of it) in the same period?

The University of London does not hold any information in relation to this
question. Please contact the Freedom of Information team at Birkbeck
college for this information via email  (relevant webpage:
[1]http://www.bbk.ac.uk/about_us/foi email address: [2][email address]).

2) Details of income, expenditure and balances that relate to Centre for
New Zealand Studies (or what remains of it) in these accounts for the same
period.

University of London expenditure relating to the Centre for New Zealand
Studies in this period:

£53,403  to Birkbeck College for the centre

£23,818  to Birkbeck College for a research assistant

     

3) What rooms or storage facilities has the Centre for New Zealand Studies
(or what remains of it) occupied in the buildings of Senate House between
November 2009 and 31 March 2011. Please identify building / address and
approximate size of room. If any rooms have not been occupied
continuously, please make known the period of occupancy. If not shown in
the above accounts, details of the costs of these rooms / storage
facilities.

Items originating from the the Centre for New Zealand Studies are held in
two rooms in Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.

In one room, less than one square metre in a room 7 square metres in total
contains items formerly part of the Centre for New Zealand Studies.

In the second room, 7 square metres in a room of 14 square metres in total
contains items formerly in the Centre for New Zealand studies.

In principle, the rate for storage is £28 per square metre per annum,
but no charge has been levied either on a central University cost centre
or on Birkbeck College to cover these storage costs.

The period of occupancy has been continuous through the period defined in
your request.

    

4) What staff / consulting costs has the Centre for New Zealand Studies
(or what remains of it) incurred between November 2009 and 31 March 2011?
Who are these members of staff / consultants and what types of work have
been undertaken by them in this period? If not shown in the above
accounts, details of staff / consulting costs.

No staff / consulting costs have been incurred by the University of London
in relation to the Centre for New Zealand Studies in the period specified.

You can find out more about Freedom of Information at the University of
London, and view our publication scheme, at the following link:

[3]http://www.london.ac.uk/foi.html

Yours sincerely

Dr Kit Good

University Records Manager & FOI Officer

University of London

Senate House (Room 111)

Malet Street

London WC1E 7HU

Tel: 020 7862 8216

Fax: 020 7862 8019

Email: [4][email address]

The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a
charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194)

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Dear Mr Burns

I apologise that you are unhappy with the response you received.

To address the points raised in your email:

There is no holding or operating account at the University of London in regards to the Centre for New Zealand Studies.

The two payments listed were provided from the Vice Chancellor’s Development Fund.

The rooms at the University of London referred to in my response are used for storage only. If a researcher wished to consult any Centre for New Zealand Studies source material held by the University (and not currently available at the British Library, Senate House Library or elsewhere in the Bloomsbury precinct) they are advised to contact the University to arrange access. Study space can be made available in Senate House. Further information can be found at the following link: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/cnzs/.

I hope that this has clarified the points you felt were missing in the original response. Please let me know if you require any further information.

Yours sincerely

Dr Kit Good
University Records Manager & FOI Officer
University of London
Senate House
Malet Street
London  WC1E 7HU

Tel:      020 7862 8216
Fax:     020 7862 8019
Email:  [email address]

The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (reg. no. SC041194)

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