Investments in Arms Companies
Dear University of Central Lancashire,
I am writing to formally request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, I would like to request the following details:
Which military and defence companies does the university currently hold investments in?
- This includes, but is not limited to, companies such as Airbus, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Boeing, Chemring, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, Huntington Ingalls, JCB, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Meggitt, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce PLC, RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), Smiths Group and Thales.
What is the total value of these investments and how much is invested in each company?
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you need any clarification on any part of my request, then please contact me using this email address.
Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the twentieth working day. If for any reason you are not able to fulfil all parts of my request, please respond to those that you can respond to, setting out your reasons for not responding to the entire request.
Should you require any clarification or further details regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact me via email. I am more than willing to discuss and refine the request as needed.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Tabs Noreen
Dear Tabs Noreen,
Thank you for your request for information below which has been given
reference FOI 3401. Please quote this on any correspondence regarding your
request.
In order to proceed with your request, we require further clarification as
to the information you are requesting, as follows:
You requested information relating to investments in “defence companies”
and stated your request ‘'includes but is not limited to, companies such
as Airbus, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Boeing, Chemring, Elbit
Systems, General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, Huntington
Ingalls, JCB, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Meggitt,
Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce PLC, RTX (formerly Raytheon
Technologies), Smiths Group and Thales.'’ Retrieving information about
university investments will require us to search for specific company
names in our systems. Please could you clarify the names of any and all
companies that will be relevant to your request, in order that we can
conduct the necessary searches?
Once you have clarified the above, the University of Central Lancashire
will respond to your request within 20 working days. If there will be a
charge for disbursements e.g. photocopying in order to provide the
information, we will inform you as soon as possible to see if you wish to
proceed.
Yours sincerely,
Corporate Records Manager
Legal and Governance
University of Central Lancashire
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Dear DP FOIA,
Thank you for your response.
If it is not possible to do a general search of investments in the defence industry, would you please be able to provide the relevant information in regards to the companies that were listed in the initial request:
Airbus, Babcock International, BAE Systems, Boeing, Chemring, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics, General Electric, Honeywell, Huntington Ingalls, JCB, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin, Meggitt, Northrop Grumman, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce PLC, RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), Smiths Group and Thales.
Please do let me know if you need any further clarification.
Yours sincerely,
Tabs Noreen
Dear Tabs Noreen,
Thank you for coming back to me, to clarify which company names will be relevant to your request.
The University of Central Lancashire will respond to your request within 20 working days. If there will be a charge for disbursements e.g. photocopying in order to provide the information, we will inform you as soon as possible to see if you wish to proceed.
Regards,
Corporate Records Manager
Legal and Governance
University of Central Lancashire
Email: [email address]
Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)
BA,PgD
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Dear Tabs Noreen,
Further to your request for information below (Ref FOI 3401), please find attached the University's response.
Yours sincerely,
Corporate Records Manager
Legal and Governance
University of Central Lancashire
Email: [email address]
Pronouns: (She/Her/Hers)
BA,PgD
Confidentiality: This email, its contents and any attachments are intended only for the above named. As the email may contain personal data, confidential or legally privileged information, if you are not the above named or the person responsible for delivery of the message to the above named or suspect that you are not the intended recipient, please delete or securely destroy any copies of the message and any attachments immediately and inform the sender of the error.
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