FOI Request - Forres Academy's Engagement With Defence Companies
Request 101003998948
As detailed below, please find attached a request under the FOI (Scotland) Act 2002 concerning the relationship between this school under your jurisdiction and defence companies:
Could you please provide the following pieces of information, related to relationships between the school and the following companies since 01/09/2022.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Raytheon Technologies, Boeing, Northrop Grumman Corp.,
General Dynamics Corp., BAE Systems, Leonardo, L3Harris Technologies, Airbus,
Thales, Safran, Rolls-Royce, MBDA, Elbit Systems, Rheinmetall, Saab, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
Textron, Babcock International Group, Jacobs Engineering Group, Serco Group,
Teledyne Technologies, Hensoldt, QinetiQ, Curtiss-Wright Corp., CAE., Moog,
Melrose Industries, Kongsberg Gruppen, Ultra Electronics Group, Meggitt
(1) confirm if there is any formal relationship, partnership, or sponsorship agreement between the school and a company from the above list. If this does exist, please specify the date from which this commenced and whether this agreement remains in place.
(2) if the company or its representatives have delivered or participated in any events on the school grounds, including but not limited to: workshops, assemblies, careers fairs, lessons. If yes, please specify the date of these events.
(3) if the school, its representatives, or its students have participated or advertised any events organised by companies from the above list, including but not limited to: workshops, competitions, careers road shows, training events. If yes, please specify the date of these events.
(4) if the school has advertised or coordinated work experience, training opportunities, or apprenticeships with companies from the above list. If yes, please provide the number of times this has occurred.
It’s likely that the school's careers advisor and/or Head of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) will be able to provide the requested information. You might also want to keyword or CTRL-F search the names of the requested companies to assist you in finding this information.
Please provide an index of the relevant information provided.
a) If you are to invoke Section 43 to withhold information in relation to any of these questions please note you must provide details of the exact FOIA exemption, details of who would be prejudiced by this information, and a public interest test justifying a conclusion with arguments for and against the release of the information
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b) If you are to invoke Section 12 to withhold information in relation to any of these questions please provide details of how locating, retrieving and extracting this information would exceed the appropriate limit of £450 as set out in the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. Please also be aware of your duty under section 16 (1) of the Act to advise and assist me in narrowing my request to bring it within the appropriate limit.