University bus service subsidies

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Dear University of Warwick,

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I would like to know:

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.

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.

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).

If the data is collected in financial years, rather than academic years, please do provide the information in this format, for the last 5 financial years (including 2018-19 if possible), making it clear which format has been used.

Yours faithfully,

Adam Hodgson

infocompliance, Resource, University of Warwick



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infocompliance, Resource, University of Warwick

Adam Hodgson

 

Thank you for your email dated 15 March 2020 requesting information from
the University of Warwick under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please find below your request and our response.

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.

 

I would like to know:

 

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.

 

Please find in the table below information in relation to the subsidies
provided by the University to external bus companies operating University
bus routes in the last five financial years:

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Financial year | Amount |
|---------------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|2014/15 | £462,000 |
|---------------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|2015/16 | £462,000 |
|---------------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|2016/17 | £356,000 |
|---------------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|2017/18 | £363,000 |
|---------------------------------------+--------------------------------|
|2018/19 | £363,000 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

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

Any other operating costs if the breakdown is not possible, a single
expenditure and single income figure for each academic year would be
acceptable.

 

Please find in the table below the expenditure and income in relation to
any University provided bus services for the last five financial year:

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Expenditure including staff costs for |Income (Fare Revenue) received in|
|operating Bus Services Inc. Internal |operating services, split by |
|Shuttle Bus Services, split by |financial years |
|financial years | |
|--------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|2014/15 = £105,000 |2014/15 = £91,000 |
|--------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|2015/16 = £108,000 |2015/16 = £84,000 |
|--------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|2016/17 = £111,000 |2016/17 = £47,000 |
|--------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|2017/18 = £115,000 |2017/18 = £41,000 |
|--------------------------------------+---------------------------------|
|2018/19 = £118,000 |2018/19 = £35,000 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

3. The number of complaints received by the university regarding
university bus services, for the last five complete academic years
(2014/15 to 2018/19).

The University can confirm that it has not received any formal Stage 2 or
Stage 3 student complaints via the Student Complaints Resolution
Procedure, in the last five academic years regarding University bus
services.

I trust that this information will be helpful to you. Should you require
any clarification, please contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Ian Rowley
Ian Rowley | Director of Development, Comms & External Affairs| External
Affairs
University House | University of Warwick | Coventry | CV4 8UW