Freedom of information response

Private finance initiative (PFI) schools

Publication date: 
Monday 15 July 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
• The number of PFI and PF2 school contracts terminated before the contract end date. It would be appreciated if you could give the name of the school involved, the name of the special purpose vehicle (SPV)/PFI project company (PFI Co) involved, the reason why the contract was terminated before the contract end date, the date on which the contract was due to end and the date on which the contracted was terminated
• Of those PFI or PF2 school contracts terminated early, could you detail whether the resultant settlement agreement included a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)
• A breakdown of the amounts of money the school in question (or its responsible body), local authority and the SPV/PFI Co had to pay to end the contract early 
• Of all the local authority’s PFI and PF2 school contracts, could you tell me whether any of them included an option for the authority to purchase the school at value at the end of the contract and, if so, for how much 

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: 

Thurrock does not have any PF1 or PF2 schools

Request reference:
FOI 13973