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Paisley Campus
Paisley
PA1 2BE
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Tel 0141 848 3000
Our ref: F20/068
9th April 2020
Dear Adam Hodgson
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information requested
Your request for information has been considered and the information is enclosed.
You requested the following information:
1. The subsidies provided by the university, to external bus companies operating
university bus routes, for the last 5 complete academic years (2014/15 to 2018/19),
broken down by the following where possible:
o Student travel
o University staff travel
o Any other subsidy provided
If the breakdown is not possible, a single subsidy figure for each academic year
would be acceptable.
N/A - The University do not provide any subsidies to external bus companies.
2. The expenditure on, and income from, any university provided bus services,
including shuttle buses, for the last 5 complete academic years (2014/15 to
2018/19), broken down by the following where possible:
o Student travel
o University staff travel
o Bus staff salary
o Equipment costs, covering vehicles and facilities o Any other operating costs If the
breakdown is not possible, a single expenditure and single income figure for each
academic year would be acceptable.
N/A – The University does not provide a bus service.
3. The number of complaints received by the university regarding university bus
services, for the last 5 complete academic years (2014/15 to 2018/19).
N/A – The University does not provide a bus service. If you are not satisfied with the handling of your enquiry you have a right to review
under the Act as laid out in the notices below.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Office
University of the West of Scotland
Notices
1. Right of Review
In the event that you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request for information, you may
require us to review our actions and decisions relating to your request (‘Review Request’).
Your Review Request must be made to us in writing or in other durable form, stating your
name and address for correspondence, specifying the request for information to which your
Review Request relates and the matters that have given rise to your dissatisfaction.
It must be provided to us within 40 working days (which phrase excludes Saturdays, Sundays,
Christmas Day and Scottish Bank Holidays) after the expiry of the period within which we were
obliged under the Act to respond to your request for information.
You may withdraw your Review Request by notice to us in writing at any time.
Assuming your Review Request is not withdrawn, we are required to conduct our review and
respond to you (‘Review Response’) within 20 working days (which phrase excludes
Saturdays, Sundays, Christmas Day and Scottish Bank Holidays) after the date on which we
received your Review Request. The request for review should be addressed to:
Emma Cuckow, University Solicitor, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley Campus,
Paisley, PA1 2BE Email:
xxxx.xxxxxx@xxx.xx.xx 2. Right of Appeal In the event that you have not withdrawn your Review Request and we have failed to respond
to you within the proscribed time, or you are dissatisfied with our Review Response, you may
apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision as to whether we have dealt
with your request in accordance with the Act (‘Appeal Application’).
Your Appeal Application must be made to the Scottish Information Commissioner in writing or
in other durable form, stating your name and address for correspondence, specifying the
request for information to which your Appeal Application relates and the matters that have
given rise to your dissatisfaction.
It must be provided to the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months after the date
you received our Review Response or, in the event that we did not provide you with a Review
Response within the prescribed time, within six months after the expiry of that period. The
address of the Scottish Information Commissioner is:
Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife,
KY16 9DS Tel 01334 464 610; Fax 01334 464 611; email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx; www.itspublicknowledge.info
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