Uni Terror Secrets: Officials can’t reveal major incident plans

Gagged officials cannot reveal plans for a “major” incident, it emerged last week.

A Freedom of Information request given to the University refused to outline the procedure for a critical incident such as terrorist attacks.

York Vision asked whether the University was prepared for terrorist attacks, whether buildings were bomb-proof and where students would go if a major
event occurred.

A spokesperson said: “The placement of such details into the public sphere would enable individuals with criminal intent or engaged in criminal or terrorist activity to identify the nature or focus of local and specific arrangements, the University’s use of locations and its assessments of risk and infrastructure, and allow them to exploit this information and use it to their advantage.”