Projects with Arms Companies

Beth Appleton made this Freedom of Information request to Anglia Ruskin University as part of a batch sent to 100 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

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Beth Appleton
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Dear Anglia Ruskin University,

I am writing to formally request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, I would like to request the following details:

Does the university have any joint initiatives or research projects with arms and defence companies?
- 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 nature of these relationships?

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,

Beth Appleton

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Beth Appleton
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Dear FOI Team,

I am writing with respect to my FOI request entitled "Projects with Arms Companies" that was sent on 10 September.

I am yet to receive a response to the request, which, by law, should have been answered by 8 October. Please would you be able to provide me with an update on when I can expect the information requested?

Yours sincerely,

Beth Appleton

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