FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

MOD Requests to 1 December 2009

Produced by CIO-CI-Access Team Ministry of Defence CIO-FOI@mod.uk

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Request Summary Information about the exact number of planned terrorist attacks, both in this country and from abroad, which have been directly prevented by the Afghanistan occupation, from 2001 and Iraq occupation, from 2003. The business expenses of senior officials following the model set by the Cabinet Secretary. Please also disclose the reasons such disclosure has not already been made following the Cabinet Secretary's commitment. Some years ago (1970s) I was told of a large calibre (18 inch?) railway gun preserved in a siding at Shoeburyness. I am attempting to find out if it was saved or scrapped? This also prompts me to ask if any of the MOD proving grounds may have such ordnance on site awaiting discovery? Series of exercises held annually in Botswanaup to 2001.Has Exercise Diamond Cutter 94 and 96 can we fill in the remaining exercises? My father was Polish and joined the British Army in November 1944, having served in the German military. I would like to know how many like my father, who were members of the German (or other enemy) military, made the same change as my father from 1939-45. I would like this information broken down by nationality: Poles, Russians, French, etc and by year. What did the Haddon-Cave Nimrod Review cost? Information about what the Navy is doing to create a diverse workforce, and how this has changed from, say, the 50's to present. Having read your sustainable procurement charter I would be interested in knowing the following; Are you on course to meet the end of 2009 deadline? Will you link aims of the charter into contracts awarded to the defence industry? What quantifiable targets have the MOD set themselves for sustainable procurement? I am looking for numbers and names of British soldiers that have died during service abroad in 2009. This is for a remembrance event for European soldiers in Paris on the 2nd of December 2009 (Speech by the President of the Assembly of the Western European Union). Information on the field hospitals you provide with regard to: How you classify your various types of field hospitals; The number of beds available; Types of services provided; Doctors, nurses and other staff required; How soon they can be deployed; How soon they can be operational after arrival; For how long are they operational. Any assessments made by the MoD in the last five years re: a) the likelihood of, or b) provisions for, an alien (i.e. other world) invasion of the UK For the last calendar year for which information is available: Total number of investigations into alleged racial abuse against serving Army personnel; for each allegation, brief details of the nature of the allegation; for each allegation, details of how the case was resolved. 3 pieces of information: Current (2009/10) Specialist Pay rates for Special Forces for all ranks; DASA statistics for the Armed Forces for how long on average do servicemen/ women, who have been injured and medically downgraded as unfit for service (ie P7) remain in service before they are medically discharged or until they reach their regular expiry date; Any clarification of the current status of the 12 year manning point i.e. if you reach that point are you then able to continue in

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Details of correspondence received or sent by the Secretary of State, his department's ministers and / or officials working on his behalf in the last 15 months regarding the withdrawal of the UK Air Rescue consortium from the competition to provide Search and Rescue services in the UK. Details of the number of people in the armed services who have been referred for drug rehabilitation treatment for each of the last five years for which figures are available. What percentage of the current serving Army in Afghanistan is made up from Territorial Army soldiers. Information about compensation requests received from the relatives of deceased interpreters working for the British military in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2009 (present day). Also details of payments made to injured interpreters working with British forces in Afghanistan 2001-09 (present day). What were the planes I saw on the 9th November 2009 doing. I saw a formation of a large passenger plane (possibly a Boeing) and 3 small fighter type jets along side. How many British service forces personnel from Leicestershire have been killed or injured in Afghanistan since the conflict began in 2001? I have been directed to your office by No. 10 Downing Street (Nicolas Howard) and The Cabinet Office (Sue Gray) 70 Whitehall. I now wish to make a formal application under FOI request for exact copies of Buying Back Added Years Section 7, Amnt No. 6, Sect 89. I would like to see the CSAs report on Critical Interfaces and Structures for the Delivery of the Ministry of Defences Science & Technology. As part of a recent intrusive site investigations, we have been asked for information about UXB;s, we understand there is an Official Abandoned Bomb Register. would it be possible to gain access to this information? Information on the following: The fees and other costs incurred by the MOD in using Baric (Consultants) Limited as advisers for each year from 1998 to date; In relation to the services referred to in a. above provide the dates on which the contracts under which Baric (Consultants) Limited provide or provided the services, were put out to tender, and the duration of each tender. Documents, letters, memorandum and minutes of meetings in relation to Government properties at Rosyth Dockyard (including HMS Caledonia & HMS Cochrane), RAF Leuchars, RAF Pitrevey from 1959 to the present date. Information required is: Documents detailing the laying of flooring materials and requests made to the contractors of materials to be laid; Documents and requests made to the contractors detailing the repair or removal of floor coverings to be carried out; Risk assessments carried out before any floor coverings were removed; 4. Asbestos surveys and registers. Supply JSP 336 Vol 12 and JSP 768.

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Dcuments elaborated by Panel III of the Independent European Programme Group (IEPG) and the Western European Armaments Group (WEAG) in order to install a European Defence Equipment Market (EDEM). Documents published in relation to the EDEM-concept set forth in the Coherent Policy Document (1990, rev. in 1999) eg assessment of publication rates, trans-border contract awards. Additionally, works of Panel III directed to reduce the use of article 223 of the Treaty of Rome (article 296 of the Amsterdam Treaty) by means of narrow interpretation, especially by drafting a code of conduct. How many residents of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames have died on service in Afghanistan, the British Red Cross presumed the MOD would provide access to lists of this kind. Give me an idea of what it cost the UK Government to have a military presence in the Falklands for the last year for which figures are available. Provide the official records and correspondence for all urgent operational requests made in relation to Afghanistan that have been rejected in the last 24 months. For school project on the progression of weapons technology throughout history. Asking whether it is possible to retreive an accurate account of weapons technology of the present day. Rules and Regulations which were applied to deciding when Submarine Specialist Pay (SP(SM)) should commence for personnel (and at what rate) who were serving in 2000 and the references from where the information came. I require both sets of regulations and the dates the changes came into force. Also the rates of Submarine pay for bands 1, 2 and 3 from the year 2000 to the present day. The following papers :The Sea King AEW/ ASaC MK7 Release to Service document(s) at initial issue plus all amendments: to include all Service Deviations; Copies of Service Deviations for other Sea King Marks, relating to high intensity strobe lights (HISL) and NVG; Details of HISL-related flight trials undertaken on the Sea King AEW or ASaC MK7 prior to 23rd March 2003. Could you please supply the most up to date statistics showing numbers of recruits to the Army by regional recruiting centres? Information on soldiers injured in OP HERRICK by category: the number of single amputees; number of casualties who have had both legs amputated; number of casualties who have had an arm and a leg amputated; number of triple amputees; number of casualties who have suffered injuries to their eyes resulting in total or partial loss of vision; number of casualties with burns over 50% of their body. Forward the Board of Inquiry PDF Report regarding the Hercules Crash of 2005 and any other documentation you have on the same subject. Details of: Number of people who have signed up to the armed forces (Army, Royal Navy and Air Force) in the North of England (include the counties of Tyneside, Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Northumberland and County Durham) over the last FOUR years (from the beginning of January 2006 to October 2009); Break this down by county; give the figures in a monthby-month breakdown I understand that all IPT's have to report monthly on their risk stats (A/B etc), could I have a copy of the stats for the most recent months for all current operational aircraft. How much has the Department spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in the last 12 months? Also list the number of champagne bottles ordered and their individual cost. Information held by ACS (Business Partner) relating to his application for a BSSO(G) post in British Forces Germany.

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Currently at Bath Spa university and completing a project to look at a large organisation and how they can recycle more and limit the waste produced, also reducing bills for energy consumption. Provide information or a contact point. How much paper is recycled or sent to landfills by the MoD specifically the Bath based sites and where this waste is sent. How much the MoD spends on bills quarterly for gas, electricity and water. Is there a Ministry of Defence official(s) with responsibility for monitoring whether those Colombian military personnel trained with British assistance comply with human rights obligations? If so, how do they monitor their activities? Send me any documentation, correspondence or related material detailing the number of British military and other MOD personnel who visited Colombia in 2007. Send me any documentation, correspondence or related material detailing the number of Colombian military personnel who have benefitted from UK counter narcotics training in 2008. How much does it cost to properly equip and supply the 9,000 British soldiers currently on active service in Afghanistan? Policies and procedures followed by the Agency for handling personal data; for ensuring that contractors of the Agency handle personal data properly and what sanctions and penalties are provided for a breach; Evidence obtained by the agency before passing personal data to contractors to ensure contractors are registered with the Information Commissioner as required by the DPA, for 2003 to October 2008; Email, letters, reports, presentations and other information passed between the Agency and contractors during 2007 and 2008 on the care of personal data; Internal and external audits, reviews, reports, surveys etc of information handling procedures or their effectiveness in the Agency for 2003 to the present time; Policies and procedures for recording of telephone calls to JPA and destruction certificates for the month of April 2008 of recordings deleted. Having read H-cs report, I believe taht what I am looking for at item (3) are RTI's 2343, 235 and 230. Requesting details of her late husband Sqn Ldr A K Strydwick APC citation which appeared in the London Gazette 1 Jan 1959. How many applications for leave to appeal a Pensions Appeal Tribunal were made within six weeks, but not within a month. Copies of documents relating to the following information held by AWE: Accident scenarios identified for AWE Aldermaston or AWE Burghfield which are considered to give rise to a credible risk of an off-site release of radioactivity; Composition and magnitude of anticipated radionuclide releases from any such accident at Aldermaston or Burghfield; Anticipated radiation dose contours for any such accident at Aldermaston or Burghfield. Has the Agency offered staff over the age of 55 and subject to redeployment Approved Early Retirement during this current financial year and how many have left A. Total number, by country, of (i) officers (ii) NCOs and (iii) other ranks from foreign armed forces currently serving in any capacity with UK armed forces as part of an exchange programme or similar; B. The donating service of each officer/other rank given in answer to questions A; C. Total number of (i) officers (ii) NCOs and (iii) other ranks from UK armed forces currently serving in any capacity with foreign armed forces as part of an exchange programme or similar. D. The host service of each officer/other rank given in answer to questions C i, ii and iii. E. The length of the detachment. How much the Ministry of Defence have spent on Entertainment in the last year. Whether this is directly at the Ministry or by Officers. Number of people who have signed up to the armed forces (Army, Royal Navy and Air Force) in Greater Manchester for each of the last five years? Could you also provide a break down of figures for the region's ten local authorities - Manchester,

Stockport, Bolton, Bury, Wigan, Salford, Trafford, Tameside, Oldham, Rochdale. 12-11-2009-143959-001 13/03/2009 Total amount of CEA claimed in the academic year 2007-08; the average CEA claim for the above period. Total number of serving soldiers who claimed CEA in the above period. Total number of serving officers who claimed CEA in the above period. Total number of cases of recovery of CEA undertaken in the last five years, the reasons for recovery being made and the total amount collected as a result of these recoveries. Total amount of CEA claimed in the academic year 2007-08; the average CEA claim for the above period. Total number of serving soldiers who claimed CEA in the above period. Total number of serving officers who claimed CEA in the above period. Total number of cases of recovery of CEA undertaken in the last five years, the reasons for recovery being made and the total amount collected as a result of these recoveries. This site was operational in WWII and in the canteen of the mess hall is a mural which was painted by a A R Woods. To find out more about this man but this is all we know about him. We think he was part of the 534 Coast Regiment but simply do not know for certain. Where can I find an up-to-date list of all British service personnel who have died during the current engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq? What entitlements military personnel have to free private schooling for their children? How much was paid out in bonuses each tax year for the last three years by your department? List of all the defence materials procured by the DE&S over the last five years, including the costs of all equipment and the names of the companies from whom the materials were procured? Casualty figures including cause of death/serious injury for MOD civil servants killed or seriously injured in the line of their duties for each year from 2003. Note: figures for hemorrhoids and being burned by hot tea cups need not be included. Copies of any documentation including written, Typed, Computer, Photographs, Film of the Royal Military Police Mounted Troop during the period 1950-1995 when it was disbanded. As a former member of the Troop I am building a new website in commemoration of the Troop and would be grateful for any material which you may be able to provide. List of all the defence materials procured by the DE&S over the last five years, including the costs of all equipment and the names of the companies from whom the materials were procured? List of the outside interests of all senior DE&S employees, including General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue, Dr Andrew Tyler, RAdm Simon Lister. RAdm Bob Love, Maj Gen Ian Dale, AVM Simon Bollom, Tim Rowntree, Alan Nicholl, Pete Worrall, Vic Jenkins, Maj Gen Alan Macklin, Les Mosco, Tim Flesher, Jonathan Hoyle, VAdm Sir Trevor Soar, Lt Gen Dick Applegate, Air Mshl Sir Barry Thornton and AVM Matt Wiles. Include any second incomes, hospitality (such as dinners, trips abroad and drinks receptions) or gifts. Could I also know on behalf of which person or company these gifts/hospitality/fees/salaries were given? a. Year by year numerical break-down of following types in service with the RN/AAC/RAF from 1990 - 2009: Chinook HC 1, HC 2; Puma HC1; Sea King HC 4; Merlin HC 3 (from 2001); Lynx AH 7, AH9. b. Memoranda, correspondence and meeting minutes surrounding the 2005 Medium term Workstrands decision to remove circa 1bn from the MoD helicopter procurement programme. Additionally correspondence concerning this decision between the MoD and Treasury. c. Memoranda, correspondence and meeting minutes concerning the curtailment of the Support Amphibious Battlefield Rotorcraft programme. d. Memoranda, correspondence and meeting minutes concerning the purchase of additional Merlin aircraft from Denmark in 2006/7. e. Memoranda, correspondence and meeting minutes concerning the original decision to

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Has the MoD taken steps under Section 23(1) of the Public Contracts Regulation 2006 to exclude Kelllogg Brown and Root from future contracts? If not please provide the reasons. Has the MoD awarded any procurement contracts to KBR since the company's conviction for bribery in February 2009? If a contract has been awarded since 11 February 2009 on what grounds did the MoD derogate from the Section 23(1) of the Public contracts Regulation 2006? Prior to approving any such contract did MoD officials seek a declaration from KBR confirming that the company had not been convicted of any of the offences referred to in Regulation 23(1)? You stated all members of the armed services are subject to the Armed Forces Act of 2006. Does the Ministry of Defence (MoD) hold documentation exempting members of the Royal Family serving in the military from any part of the Armed Services Act? If so please provide copies. Does the MoD hold documentation exempting members of the Royal Family serving in the military from court-martial? If so please provide copies. With some members having served in recent conflicts (for example Prince Harry in Afghanistan) does the MoD hold documentation exempting members of the Royal Family serving in the military from prosecution for war crimes if any were to be committed? If so please provide copies. Does the MoD hold documentation exempting members of the Royal Family serving in the military from being handed the International Criminal Court? If so please provide copies. Does the MoD have any training manuals, guidelines, rules or other documentation produced for its personnel for use when dealing with members of the royal family serving in the military? Provide copies of any internal memos or emails relating to the request Your Ref:SP/08/04/08 (AIT ref: 14-05-2009-110651001).

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