Levels of student rents in university controlled accommodation

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Dear Kingston University,

I would like to make a request for a comprehensive breakdown of student rent levels at all university-owned, or formally affiliated private accommodation, available this year for undergraduate students at Kingston university.

The information, covering the bullet points below, should be provided for each building or house that is offered for rent to undergraduate students, whether owned and run by the university or by a private provider.

For the university as a whole, I would like to ask:

1. The total number of undergraduates studying with the university in the current academic year, broken down by year of study, and whether they are domestic or international students, or mature students.

2. The total number of places available in halls or university controlled accommodation in this academic year.

3. Details of any financial support provided in this academic year through the university that is intended to help with accommodation costs, including the number of such bursaries and the amounts.

For each hall of residence, building or house offered for rent to students through the university, I would like to ask:

1. The name of the accommodation, the owner or provider, and its address including postcode

2. The total number of rooms

3. The number of rooms available to undergraduates

4. Any rooms reserved for, or only marketed to, specific groups, such as international students, UK-based students, students on particular courses, from particular colleges within the university, or those receiving bursaries or financial help.

5. The rents for the rooms, broken down by the cost of rent per week per person and the number at each rent level – e.g. 12 single rooms at XX cost, 12 twin rooms at XX cost. If the rents in a hall vary in a complex way, an average rent, lowest rent and highest rent is sufficient information.

6. The Energy Efficiency Rating and Environmental Impact Rating for the (whole building’s) Energy Performance Certificate, if available.

Finally, if Kingston University has recorded any information, e.g. via a survey, on the levels of rents paid by students renting privately outside the university’s own accommodation system, please provide a summary of this information too, or a link to where these results can be found online.

Note on data protection:

I am aware that the details of the owners of some halls may be commercially confidential, and so a trading name or a suitable category of owner would be a useful substitute in these cases. Also that the addresses of individual houses that are formally rented out to students through the university may be protected by data protection legislation and I am happy for this to be redacted and only the first part of the postcode given.

The data should not include private homes where students are renting independently from private landlords that are not linked to the university in a formal way – e.g. via an exclusive contract.

Yours faithfully,

Sian Berry

Porteous, Lyn D, Kingston University

Dear Sian,

Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Kingston University. Your request was received on 10/12/15 and is now being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please note that in some circumstances a fee may be payable prior to information being supplied. If a charge is applicable in this case I will contact you to request payment before proceeding further. Details of the University’s charging policy can be found in section 3 of its Freedom of Information Policy, available at the link below:

http://www.kingston.ac.uk/aboutkingstonu...

I will be in touch again in due course and in any event not later than 12/01/16 this being twenty working days following receipt of your request. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.

Kind regards,

Lyn

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Lyn Porteous
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University

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Dear Sian,
 
Further to your recent request for information, the University’s response
follows.
 
Please see the attached spreadsheet.       
 
This completes the University’s response to your information request. If
you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review of our
decision please contact:
Director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory and Support Department, email :
or by post:  Kingston University, River House, 53-57 High Street, Kingston
upon Thames, KT1 1LQ.
 
In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision
unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Kingston
University. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
 
I hope that you now have the information you require.
 
Regards,
 
Lyn
 

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