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Dear University of Cumbria,

Please could you send the following information as outlined in the
Freedom of Information Act for the year ending 31 July 2012, or for
the financial year in which 31 July 2012 falls. If information for
that period is not yet available, please use the most recent
information you have. Please specify what period this information
refers to at the beginning of your answer.

1. The number of individuals employed by the university who receive
total remuneration* of £140,000 pa or more

2. The total remuneration* of the highest paid employee

3.
i) The number of individuals directly employed by the university
who are paid less than the Living Wage of £7.20 per hour [or £8.30
per hour within Greater London]

ii) If available, the number of individuals employed by outside
contractors to provide services at your university who are paid
less than the Living Wage of £7.20 per hour [or £8.30 per hour
within Greater London]

iii) Whether your university has a policy to require on-site staff
working for external contractors to be paid Living Wage rates as a
minimum.

4. The number of employees paid at exactly the National Minimum
Wage, including those employed by outside contractors to work at
your university.

5. The ratio between the total remuneration* of the highest-paid
employee and the total remuneration* of the lowest-paid employee

6. The ratio between the total remuneration* of the highest-paid
employee and the total remuneration* of the median-paid employee

*[adapted from the government's definition of remuneration (for
local authority chief officers) under section 43 of the Localism
Act 2011]
Remuneration meaning:
(a)salary or, in the case of an individual engaged under a contract
for services, payments made by the university to the individual
those services,
(b)any bonuses payable by the university to the individual,
(c)any charges, fees or allowances payable by the authority to the
individual,
(d)any benefits in kind to which the individual is entitled as a
result of their office or employment,
(e)any increase in or enhancement of the individual's pension
entitlement where the increase or enhancement is as a result of a
resolution of the university, and
(f)any amounts payable by the university to the individual on the
individual ceasing to hold office under or be employed by the
university, other than amounts that may be payable by virtue of any
enactment.
g) calculated as full-time equivalent

Yours faithfully,

Rustam Majainah

Act, Freedom of Information, University of Cumbria

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Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact me.

Helen Linsley
Records Management Officer
Vice Chancellor’s Office
University of Cumbria
Bowerham Road
Lancaster
LA1 3JD

Tel: 01524 384754
[email address]

www.cumbria.ac.uk
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Act, Freedom of Information, University of Cumbria

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Dear Mr. Majainah,

Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request.

Please note that all our employees are paid above the National Minimum Wage and Living Wage, with the exception of Apprentices, who are paid at the national rates for Apprentices and Student Ambassadors. Questions 3i and 4 also include Student Ambassadors who are casual workers supporting open days.

Regards,

Helen Linsley.

Helen Linsley
Records Management Officer
Vice Chancellor’s Office
University of Cumbria
Bowerham Road
Lancaster
LA1 3JD

Tel: 01524 384754
[email address]

www.cumbria.ac.uk
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