Money made from Student Accommodation over the last few years.

Dear Ms. Speed,

Thank you for your email of 12th December 2016 requesting information regarding the increase of student accommodation. I am writing to let you know that we have received your request and will process it as soon as possible, and in any case within 20 working days of the day we received the request. You will hear back from us by 16th January 2017 at the latest.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Lesley Jackson, FOI Co-ordinator
The University of Liverpool, Foundation Building,
765 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L69 7ZX

Email [University of Liverpool request email]
Fax: 0151 794 3272

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[1]Mrs Lesley Jackson Freedom of Information Co-ordinator The Foundation
Building 765 Brownlow Hill Liverpool L69 7ZX F 0151 794 3272 E
[University of Liverpool request email] www.liverpool.ac.ukFOI/LJ

 

16^th January 2017

 

 

Ms Daisy Speed

Via email: [2][FOI #376614 email]

 

 

Dear Ms Speed,

 

Thank you for your email of 12^th December 2016 requesting information
about student accommodation.    I am pleased to provide the requested
information as set out below and attached:-

 

 

1) How much money the university has made from student accommodation over
the past five years, ideally with an annual breakdown of how much has been
made each year, if possible.

 

Although the University holds the information you requested, it will not
supply it to you because this information is exempt under Section 43
(commercial interest) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and is
therefore being withheld.  

 

The University believes that the requested information is exempt under
Section 43 of the FOIA on the basis that disclosure could potentially
prejudice the commercial interests of the University.  You may be aware
that due to changes to the funding environment for universities, we are
now subject to Competition Law restrictions.  As you will appreciate we
are in competition with other Universities and need to maintain our
competitive position.

 

2) What the demographic tends to be for the accommodations.

 

Please see attached

 

3) How many students are housed by your accommodation this academic year
(16/17)

 

There are a total of 4403 students living in University Accommodation for
the current academic year  

 

4)Are there any more plans for the construction of more student
accommodation, and how many are you planning on having up and running by
2018?

 

There is ongoing development work at our Greenbank Student Village which
is due for completion in 2019. For September 2018, there will be 12 halls
in operation across our sites located on Campus and at Our Student
Villages. This will provide a total of approximately 5000 beds.

                  

If you are not satisfied with the University’s response to your request,
you may ask the University to review it.  If you wish to do this, please
write to Freedom of Information Reviewer, Legal, Risk & Compliance, The
University of Liverpool, The Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill,
Liverpool, L69 7ZX (email [3][University of Liverpool request email]), enclosing a copy of
your original request and explaining your complaint.  Please include an
address for correspondence.

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:-

The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45

Website: [4]www.ico.gov.uk

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Lesley Jackson

 

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator

 

 

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