Private finance initiative (PFI) schools
Case reference FOI2024/00611
Published 24 April 2024
Request
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information held by your council on private finance initiative (PFI) schools.
Specifically, I would like to be sent:
• A list of all PFI and PF2 schools in the local authority, providing the school's name, when it was built, when each contract is due to end and the name of the special purpose vehicle (SPV)/PFI project company (PFI Co)
• For each of the contracts, a list of the confidentiality clauses attached to the contracts and who they apply to
• The number of people bound by non-disclosure agreements (NDA) as part of the PFI or PF2 contracts and the reasons why the NDAs were issued. It would be appreciated if you could indicate whether any members of school or academy trust staff have had to sign NDAs
If any of the information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
Response
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information held by your council on private finance initiative (PFI) schools.
Specifically, I would like to be sent:
• A list of all PFI and PF2 schools in the local authority, providing the school's name, when it was built, when each contract is due to end and the name of the special purpose vehicle (SPV)/PFI project company (PFI Co)
A) The service area have confirmed 1 school:
Whitecross High School
Opened May 2006
Contract ends May 2031
SPV is "Whitecross@Stepnell Ltd"
• For each of the contracts, a list of the confidentiality clauses attached to the contracts and who they apply to
A) No confidentiality clauses have been identified in the Project Agreement.
• The number of people bound by non-disclosure agreements (NDA) as part of the PFI or PF2 contracts and the reasons why the NDAs were issued. It would be appreciated if you could indicate whether any members of school or academy trust staff have had to sign NDAs
A) As no confidentiality clause have been identified, no people have been bound by NDAs.
If any of the information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
Documents
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