Council Tax Exemption Regulations

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Dear University of Plymouth,

The current regulations regarding student exemption from council tax state that in order to be classified as a full time student you must be;

"enrolled to attend a course of education lasting for at least one academic or calendar year - and which you are normally required to attend for at least 24 weeks out of the year and study for at least 21 hours per week during term time"

"Attendance" is defined as face to face contact teaching time with a lecturer/teacher, and does not include unsupervised individual or group study or examinations.

Could you please tell me,

1) How do you define a full time course?

2) How many full time (as defined by the university) courses do you teach each year?

3) How many full time students are enrolled at the University?

4) How many of the full time courses that you run would be classed as full time under the regulations above?

5) How many full time students are enrolled on the courses listed in question

Yours faithfully,

Kiara Vincent

Dear University of Plymouth,

Question 5 should read,

5) How many full time students are enrolled on the courses listed in question 4?

Yours faithfully,

Kiara Vincent

Freedom of Information Act, University of Plymouth

Reference: FOI/2011

FOI Reference: 000045

Date: 11/04/2011

Dear Kiara,

Thank you for your information request. Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act and will be answered within 20 working days.

If you have any queries in relation to your request please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,

Paul Leonard
Head of Records Management
University Secretariat
Governance, Planning and Registry
University of Plymouth

Tel: 01752 582054
Fax: 01752 582070

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Paul Leonard (Head of Records Management), University of Plymouth

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Reference: FOI/2011

FOI Reference: 000045

Date: 06/05/2011

Dear Ms Vincent,

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hesitate to contact me.

Kind Regards,

Paul Leonard

Head of Records Management

University Secretariat

Governance, Secretariat and Registry

Room 001, Hepworth House

University of Plymouth

Tel: 01752 582054

Fax: 01752 582070