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MOD FOI requests received from 5 to 30 July 2010

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Case Number Date Due Request Summary
05-07-2010-092912-001 30/07/2010 Any studies, business cases or other documentation around adopting open source software in your organisation. If you hold any such records, might I have a copy? Also, any open source software in use in your organisation and any associated implementation costs (broken down, if possible, by category such as external consultancy, internal time etc). Finally, do you have a policy on the use of open source software? If so, please provide a copy.
05-07-2010-095459-001 02/08/2010 (1) The most up to date version of the MOD?s Equipment Programme Plan(2) The most up to date version of the MOD?s Equipment Support Programme Plan (3) The Document that details the outcome of the MOD spending roun2010.
05-07-2010-100037-002 02/08/2010 Confirm if it was in fact The European Court of Human Rights which instructed the government of the day under the Premiership of The Rt Hon Tony Blair, to allow gay men and women to serve openly in the military? Also, can you confirm that the British Government of the day had sent legal representation to the The European Court of Human Rights in order to keep the ban in place? Finally, do you have statistics showing the number of openly gay men/women we currently have serving in the Armed Forces?
05-07-2010-100347-001 02/08/2010 The career proforma for Weapons System Operator and for Aerospace Battle Manager including the typical time taken for professional training and links between promotion and qualifications. Also, provide information regarding the length of engagement offered at various levels of seniority. Also, provide the average length of service on promotion to each rank from the rank below for Air Traffic Controller, Weapons System Operator and for Aerospace Battle Manager with the percentage chance of achieving promotion from enlistment and from the rank below. Provide information on the percentage achieving commission from the ranks for Air Traffic Controller and Weapons System Operator by rank.
05-07-2010-101309-002 02/08/2010 (1) Provide full written disclosure of the MoD's funding of the following organisations, including how much it pays each year, the total costs paid to date (2010),and for what purpose, and also the raesons for this funding: The Muslim News; Stonewall; Any other religious or ethno-specific organisation or charity within the UK. (2) How much funding has to date beeen given to a Chrisitian or heathen organisation or charity? (3) How much funding has been given to an ethno-specific charity for the English, Scots, Welsh or Irish with particular emphasis on the English? (4) If the answer to No 3) is in the negative why has this been the case? (5) Will the MoD be funding the only English charity, the Steadfast Trust, and if not, why not?
05-07-2010-101853-002 02/08/2010 The numbers of military and civilian personnel employed at Abbey Wood in DE&S by grade and equivalent rank between Grade E and 1 star level and those above 1 star level as at the latest times these figures are available.
05-07-2010-102236-003 29/07/2010 I have had a cold call request for information from industry. The caller has requested the type accident record for all Westland Wessex HU.5 aircraft. The information is to be used to support the safety case for the operation of a Westland Wessex HU.5 on the civilian register.
05-07-2010-102636-003 29/07/2010 As I understand it servicings are broken down into work packages for each trade on a daily basis; could I have the inspection cards for the EQ 1 servicing which relate to No. 1 tank (fuel feed refill and vent system). This should be a standard pack, which simply states such things as inspect, examine, remove and replace etc.
05-07-2010-102659-004 02/08/2010 (1) In areas where the MOD Police operate how far dose their jurisdiction go from the place they are protecting? (2) Does the MOD Police have patrol cars and can they give chase on public roads? (3) Can they stop people for traffic violations? (4) Can they carry and discharge (use) their firearms away from the place they are protecting?
05-07-2010-103132-003 27/07/2010 Copies of all correspondence relating to OJEU contract award, 2007/s 210-255269.
05-07-2010-103639-001 02/08/2010 Request for the history of a former MOD Land Rover xxxxxxxxxx.
05-07-2010-104320-002 02/08/2010 Reference committee set up by legislation i.e. The War Pensions Committees Regulations 1990 and, in particular there are to be 18 members appointed by the SoS. Currently there are 12 members appointed. Request to know when each of these members were appointed and what areas each one represents under the above mentioned legislation? In addition, advise when each members term is due to end and when the SoS will appoint further members to bring the committee to the legilative strength? How are members selected?
05-07-2010-111410-004 02/08/2010 (1) For the aforementioned period does the Ministry of Defence hold information which relates to the use of airbases in the UK and or UK controlled airbases overseas for the purposes of rendition/extra-ordinary rendition flights. If so, could the MoD supply a schedule and or list of the documents which includes the relevant authors and or correspondents of the documents, a brief description of the document and the date when it was generated. I am interested in all information irrespective of the role played by the airbase.
05-07-2010-140208-001 30/07/2010 A copy of the follow up report to Air Incident Ser No. 60/2006.
05-07-2010-151750-002 26/07/2010 The record of casualties, killed and injured in the Afgan campaign so far? Not just British but all countries in the Alliance. The frequent reports and parades in Wootton Bassett are very disturbing to people and one point of particular interest is exactly what contribution our alliance is making, such as France, Germany, Belgium and other Euro partners, plus Canada, Australia etc. My concern is that Britain is carrying a disproportionate part of the burden. There must be a concise list available and I would appreciate receipt of a copy.
05-07-2010-165438-001 02/08/2010 In 1958 I was posted to Christmas Island for Operation Grapple: Testing British Nuclear Weapons. Prior to my posting I was subjected to 'Security Vetting' but this has not been entered in any of the Personal Service documents I have received. (1) Was every Serviceman Security Vetted prior to attending Operation Grapple? (2) If not: How many Servicemen were security vetted in the Army, Navy, RAF and Royal Marines for operation Grapple in 1958? (3) Why were individuals singled out for this special treatment?
05-07-2010-165939-002 02/08/2010 On the 16th June 2010 the actor Stephen Fry attended the Defence Academy College of Mgmt and Technology. It was an evening to commemorate the Dambusters. I would like to know how much Stephen Fry was paid for his appearance and the speech that he delivered.
05-07-2010-170838-003 02/08/2010 The figure for expenditure to date for all of the programmes listed in the National Audit Office's Major Projects Report 2010. The data was listed in every report since 1993 for every programme, and the data was collected for 2010, but was not published, according to the NAO.
05-07-2010-171812-004 02/08/2010 Reference exchange in the House of Commons on 29th June 2010: James Gray (North Wiltshire, Conservative): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the repatriation of bodies of soldiers killed in action after the closure of RAF Lyneham. Nick Harvey (Minister of State (Armed Forces), Defence; North Devon, Liberal Democrat): A study is under way to determine the most suitable location for repatriations once flying operations cease at RAF Lyneham in September 2011. A final decision will be made later this year. Request for a copy of the study mentioned by Nick Harvey, including any drafts that have been made so far. If none exist, I would like to know what alternative locations are being considered, even at a preliminary stage.
06-07-2010-092045-001 29/07/2010 (1) The cost in each financial year since 2005 up to an including the most recent financial year of renting of SFA across the UK which remained unoccupied. (2) Could you break that down into a figure for the UK, a figure for England and Wales, a figure for Scotland and another for Northern Ireland.
06-07-2010-095040-001 02/08/2010 (1) Between 2000 and 2009 the Military Aviation Authority reported there were 9 birdstrike occurrences asssociated with military aircraft and helicopters at Dishforth military airfield. What were the details of each occurrence including time of day, aircraft involved, location, height above ground etc?
06-07-2010-100218-001 02/08/2010 (2) On 12 March 2010 the Senior Estates Surveyor for DE Operations North reported that a team in Sutton Coldfield had produced a report from an aerodrome guarding perspective on Dishforth Airfield about the outline planning application submitted by Heather Ives Associates in relation to a Motorway Services Area near the airfield. Request for the detailed contents of this report.
06-07-2010-105904-002 02/08/2010 Request for information about the travel abroad activity of a UOTC unit in mid-July to August 2009. Specifically, about one unit that traveled to Yosemite, California and then onto San Francisco, California. I am interested in obtaining the names of the military personnel who traveled to this location.
06-07-2010-111226-003 03/08/2010 Refernce Non Regular Permenent Staff attached to TA units. How many personnel are employed in this service? What was the cost to the defence budget in total, during the last reported financial year? Is the service to be investigated as part of the forthcoming SDR?
06-07-2010-120410-002 02/08/2010 Copies of the versions of the Blandford Garrison Health and Safety Policies current on 12 November 2007 and also 1 February 2008
06-07-2010-130031-004 03/08/2010 (1) The overall annual cost of rent the MoD pays for Service family Accommodation (SFA) in the UK. To include DE (Scotland, Northern Ireland) Annington Homes (Wales and England) (2) The average cost for rent armed forces married personnel pay in the above locations in the UK. Therefore Cost DE (Scotland, Northern Ireland) Annington Homes (Wales , England) broken down into DE, Annington Homes (3) The highest amount service personnel pay for rent. Therefore Cost DE (Scotland, Northern Ireland) Annington Homes (Wales , England) broken down into DE, Annington Homes (4) The rent subsidies paid by the PUBLIC / DEFENCE PURSE. This should show the real cost of renting property from the DE, (Scotland, Northern Ireland and Annington Homes (Wales, England). (5) The annual repair bill, water and sewage rates plus council tax subsidised Paid by the PUBLIC / DEFENCE PURSE.
06-07-2010-133516-001 03/08/2010 Would the current Warfare Rating’s Career Manager please advise what number of Warfare Branch CPOs were employed in WO1(Warfare)(GS)(Spec), WO1(Warfare)(Any) or WO1(CAPPS) positions during the period Jun 07 to Jun 08 inclusive? Of this number, how many have since been promoted to WO1 and when?
06-07-2010-150709-001 03/08/2010 The number of C1 and B2 Commercial Posts filled (by year) from 2005 within the MoD sites in Bath, detailing the number posts let to officers with a declared disability.
06-07-2010-151109-002 03/08/2010 The number officers within the MoD who have been offered redundancy as a consequence of being placed within the Redeployment Pool, by year from 2005 and detailing the number with a declared disability.
06-07-2010-153024-003 03/08/2010 (a) How much is spent each year under the scheme for children of armed services personnel to attend independent boarding schools within the UK (b) How many children are involved, and what proportion of them have both parents living or stationed abroad.
06-07-2010-163511-004 03/08/2010 Any plans or references to plans of the tunnels constructed beneath Dover Castle in WW2, particularly anything concerning Bastion Level.
07-07-2010-111835-002 03/08/2010 What quantities of the following substances are held by the Ministry of Defence and in what medium are they stored: Phosphine, Germane, Arsine, Silane, Borane, Stibine, Thalane. Also, confirm what quantities of the following elements are held and in what medium are they stored: Cesium, Rubidium, Arsenic, Thallium, Fluorine, Phosphorus, Chlorine, Lutetium, Neodymium, Promethium, Technetium. Copies of any guidelines held at any sites where these materials are stored as to how leaks or spillages would be dealt with together with any information on decontamination processes.
07-07-2010-112710-001 03/08/2010 With reference to DTR: (1) A copy of any fallback plans that have been submitted for comparisons (2) Details of costs on external assistance from 2002 to date detailing which companies and individuals have received monies with regard to the programme (3) Details of costs from 2002 to date of monies spent on the costs of the DTR IPT (4) A copy of the hospitality book for the DTR IPT detailing last 5 years (5) Copies of any correspondence between the DTR IPT and MP Chris Bryant and former MP John Smith.
07-07-2010-113142-001 03/08/2010 With reference to DTR and the Early Training Transformation contract how many MoD and military personnel are and have been working full time on this programme. Can you provide details and numbers of staff currently engaged doing work on this work part time or otherwise. Additionally can you provide details of how these costs are being accounted for and offset against payments to Metrix.
07-07-2010-115201-001 03/08/2010 (1) With reference to the SDSR can you provide details of any external assistance being provided and include details of companies and individuals and include costs. (2) Can you provide details of costs associated to pensions provided to ex military officers. (3) Can you provide details of monies spent on infrastructure improvements at Cosford, Blandford and Gosport in the past 5 years.
07-07-2010-120003-003 14/07/2010 Asking for a list of MoD jobs that are on the Base here at RAF Fairford.
07-07-2010-120532-002 04/08/2010 How many soldiers have been dismissed because of carrying out domestic abuse in their private lives: in 2010? in 2009? in 2008? in 2007? in 2006? in 2005? in 2004? in 2003? in 2002? in 2001? in 2000? in 1999? I would also like to know if those dismissed were male of female? Also, I would like to know how many of these soldiers were jailed for the crime?
07-07-2010-121233-004 04/08/2010 A listing (as at June 2010) of all recipients of the Elizabeth Cross. Please advise how often the full listing is updated? Please advise if the full listing is available on-line on the internet and if not, when it will be?
07-07-2010-125838-001 02/08/2010 Various questions addressed to Defence Estates on work carried out by engineers.
07-07-2010-152238-001 04/08/2010 In view of cutbacks being imposed by present government I wish to know the total monthly/annual cost of present activity in Iraq and Afghanistan by all UK military forces.
07-07-2010-152832-001 04/08/2010 Information on Welbeck College/DSFC between 2003 to the current year.
07-07-2010-153415-002 04/08/2010 A list of members of the Jewish Committee for HM Forces, their affiliations and the appointment process. Also provide an electronic copy of the terms of reference.
07-07-2010-154607-002 04/08/2010 Various questions relating to the unusual peak in harbour porpoise mortalities in Danish waters in 2005.
07-07-2010-164051-003 04/08/2010 Details of the number of man-hours spent by MoD staff on the HMS Upholder and HMS Upholder class submarines in each of the past five years. This should include the time spent assisting and consultating Canadian officials. Please also detail any expenses incurred as a result of any service provided relating to these vessels.
07-07-2010-170055-004 19/07/2010 From the Information Centre within the Scottish Parliament reference enquiry relating to a document referred to in a Westminster PQ: Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking in response to the safety concerns raised by the Ship Environment Safety Board in their recent report to the Defence Environment and Safety Board [2621]. Mr Robathan: The Department produced a new safety strategy in April 2010 to address all of the main concerns raised in the Ship Environment and Safety Board report to the Defence Environment and Safety Board for 2009. Reqiesting a hard copy of the new safety strategy report produced in 2010.
08-07-2010-094646-001 04/08/2010 The number of court martials in the period July 1 2009 to July 1 2010 and the offence alleged in each case.
08-07-2010-095102-001 04/08/2010 Were UK Special Forces on operations in Argentina during 1982 Falklands conflict?
08-07-2010-103131-001 06/07/2010 Various questions on Babcock TOBA and BAE Systems TOBA
08-07-2010-103953-002 04/08/2010 Searching for 3 components which I have already put into NAMSA and had no luck do you have any record of these numbers.
08-07-2010-112201-003 05/08/2010 Patrol Report of the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror operating as part of Operation Paraquat and Operation Corporate, from 2nd April to 14th June 1982 was succesfully served on early 2007.
08-07-2010-113549-001 04/08/2010 The complete electronic solid model of the Challenger 2 tank.
07-07-2010-110533-001 08/07/2010 Requested various letters from relocations and pay.
08-07-2010-121056-002 05/08/2010 Would like to know if during the period of 1939-1945, the United Kingdom held any weapons considered to be destructive on a 'Mass' level. Also, if the United Kingdom has ever been in receipt of technology that would be considered 'Alien'.
08-07-2010-123511-002 05/08/2010 Seeking clarification on certain MoD budgetary items and looking for a more detailed breakdown of three items detailed in the table detailing RfR1, namely, Land Forces, Defence Equipment and Support, and Defence Estates.
08-07-2010-130333-003 05/08/2010 (1) What was the total compensation paid out to injured service personnel paid under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for the 08/09 financial year? (2) What was the total compensation paid out to injured service personnel paid under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme for the 09/10 financial year? For those claims paid out in the 08/09 and 09/10 financial years could you please provide two tables similar to the ones provided in a previous FOI request (MOD FOI REF: 23-06-2008-102550-002) in which you detail the type of injuries sustained and the level of the award paid out.
08-07-2010-163309-001 05/08/2010 What estimate has been made of this Department's expenditure on (a) organisation of conferences and external meetings in each year since 1997; and (b) attendance at conferences and external meetings in each year since 1997.
08-07-2010-173821-002 05/08/2010 The record referring to a dispute between the Admiralty and Duchy of Corwall in 1904.
09-07-2010-094907-001 05/08/2010 (1) The destination, departure and estimated cost of each of the flights for the Chief of the General Staff? (2) How many Official Service Residences (OSRs) are there in the UK, to whom are they allocated and how many members of the armed forces are employed in the household of each?
09-07-2010-095020-001 05/08/2010 How many condition of service searches have been conducted by MDPGA staff at MOD Foxhill in the past three years for staff entering the site, and separately for staff exiting the site, broken down by month.
09-07-2010-101423-001 06/08/2010 Operation 'Lighthouse' (a nuclear test) was planned for 1959 but cancelled due to a moratorium of nuclear weapons. Could you please say how many servicemen were to be involved and the purpose of the operation.
09-07-2010-104458-001 06/08/2010 These sites have been flagged up as possible sites for Mass Detention Centres during a Continuity of Government situation:
09-07-2010-105914-002 06/08/2010 Information on a Royal Observer Corps (ROC) monitoring post located at OS Grid reference TL56006229. The post is named as Bottisham after another nearby village.
09-07-2010-113453-002 06/08/2010 Does the RAF keep records of UFOs and is this information classfied?
09-07-2010-114603-002 05/08/2010 Concerned resident: (1) What are your intentions for these houses that you have boarded up along Shackleton Road? (2) If you are demolishing these, do you have planning permission and what do you intend to replace these with? (3) What is the likely timeframe for completion? (4) Further concerns are that these houses are now getting vandalized and becoming unsightly and dangerous, therefore what do you intend to do to prevent this from continually happening.
09-07-2010-115026-003 30/07/2010 Copy of the contract between Salty Yacht Production LTD and MOD - Aug2007 - Aug 2008.
09-07-2010-150926-001 06/08/2010 We are trying to debate for the government to fund wounded soldiers. What is the average cost of medical bill per year for the wounded soldiers?
09-07-2010-151353-001 06/08/2010 How much do you pay the wounded soldiers per year?
09-07-2010-154715-002 05/08/2010 The cost of the Ministy of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Project Office in the financial year 2009-10 and the number of Project Office staff employed on 1st April 2010, the latter broken down to show the number of (a) civilians based in the UK; (b) military personnel based in the UK; (c) civilians based in Saudi Arabia; (d) military personnel based in Saudi Arabia.
09-07-2010-165431-001 06/08/2010 Details of the current number of military personnel by service (Navy, RM, Army, Air Force) and NATO Rank currently posted to, or embedded in the following organisation: Defence Estates; DE and S.
09-07-2010-170752-002 06/08/2010 Supplementary to FOI request Ref 22-06-2010-093802-001. Provide detail of the number of Substitute Service Family Accommodation by grade, type, and Housing Management Area and the average rental paid by DE by grade, type, and Housing Management Area for SSFA. Also advise what DE currently pays nationally for SSFA and what are the receipts in the form of Charges for Occupancy for this accommodation. You also indicated in your previous response that Charges for Occupancy are levied as direct deductions from salary, could you please advise whether; VAT is applied to the charge levied Tax is paid on the difference between the Charge of Occupancy and the market value of the rental (as a taxable benefit in kind).
09-07-2010-171350-001 06/08/2010 (1) Details of the amount of money the ministry spends on subsidised food and drink for staff. (2) Please breakdown the amount the ministry spends on subsidised food and drink by outlet.
09-07-2010-172545-003 06/08/2010 Advise on the following; the number of military personnel, by service (i.e Army, Navy, Airforce), whose salary is above ?100K per annum. Of those the number, by service, whose salary is above ?120K, Of those the number, by service, whose salary is above ?150K,
09-07-2010-173103-004 06/08/2010 The current number of military personnel, by service, at NATO Rank OF5 or higher. The number of military personnel, by service, at NATO Rank OF5 or higher in FY 2000/01 and FY 2005/06.
12-07-2010-093138-001 06/08/2010 The current strength of the UK Armed Forces by service (i.e. Navy, Royal Marine, Airforce, Army).
12-07-2010-094713-001 06/08/2010 Details with name, position held of all employees including armed forces in receipt of salaries greater than the Prime Minister's (currently ?240,000).
12-07-2010-102118-001 06/08/2010 Please publish on specified web site, which Department runs Post Traumatic Stress, Physical Health Repair and Therapy Modalities for army personnel shot with Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs).
12-07-2010-103156-002 06/08/2010 Supply details of any correspondence with the MOD regarding links between weaponry deployed in Iraq and the health impact this may have had on both soldiers and civilians, specifically to weaponry deployed in the first gulf war and the current conflict. By health impact I am referring to any adverse reactions.
12-07-2010-105950-003 06/08/2010 Four questions regarding the covert gathering of personal details of members of the British Nuclear Test Veterans and their Associates.
12-07-2010-123130-002 06/08/2010 Information on the current number of Military personnel classed as unfit to deploy for Operational purposes by service.
12-07-2010-124216-001 06/08/2010 Advise on the following; The number of personnel, by service, who have deployed in direct support of Operations in Afghanistan and / or Iraq (i.e. in the theatre of Operation); The number of personnel, by service, directly deployed on Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the following tour lengths; Less than 1 month; 1 to 2 months; 2 to 6 months; Over 6 months. The number of personnel, by service, who have not directly deployed (in theatre of operation) to either Iraq or Afghanistan.
12-07-2010-131900-002 02/08/2010 How many missing BFG Vehicle Licensing Office tax discs are re-issued each year broken down by Garrisons, which account do fees for re-issued discs go into and what does the fee cover?
12-07-2010-134312-001 06/08/2010 Copy of correspondence between Defence Estates and ATMOS Consulting and/or PNE Wind UK Ltd relating to the proposed Brunta Hill Windfarm, located near Westruther in the Scottish Borders.
12-07-2010-151051-001 03/08/2010 Map of Sark re-printed as it is the best map of the island anyone here has seen, but it is out of print? Alternatively, would you consider allowing Sark tourism office to print the map and sell copies?
12-07-2010-151844-001 05/08/2010 How many female officers in the Ministry of Defence Police are over the age of 50yrs at this current time. (July 2010).
12-07-2010-162118-002 09/08/2010 Reference a plane crash on 20th September 1968 at the Farnborough Air Show. Please provide information concerning the construction of (a) The Black Buildings and (b) all other affected buildings and disclose in relation to each (1) any asbestos surveys commissioned either prior or subsequent to the incident together with (2) details of asbestos removal / clearance works subsequent to the incident.
12-07-2010-163030-001 09/08/2010 Advise concerning the current contract which the Ministry of Defence has for the supply of the twice-weekly air service between Brize Norton and Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands): (a) Length of contract (b) Contract price (c) Whether aircraft fuel is supplied and paid for by the Ministry of Defence over and above the contract price (d) Whether other costs (over-flying fees / navigation fees / landing fees etc) are met by the Ministry of Defence in addition to the contract price (d) Amount received for the transportation of civilians aboard the aircraft.
12-07-2010-163638-002 09/08/2010 How much money, in pounds sterling, was spent by DSG Donnington in the period 1st of April 2009 to 1st of April 2010, on agency workers carrying out HGV and LGV driving duties.
12-07-2010-164344-003 09/08/2010 Is there a central database of the number of troops who have seen active service in Afghanistan since operations began from late 2001 until present who has either been treated for or expelled from any of the armed services for heroin or opium addiction that was grown in that country. If there is can you please provide me with the figure.
12-07-2010-165433-002 09/08/2010 Ten questions concerning the commercial and technical relationship between the Met Office and The Vaisala Company (Finland) over the adoption and use of their radiosonde products.
13-07-2010-102832-001 10/08/2010 For the RAF Cranwell Multi-Activity Contract, I would like to know the current contract value.
13-07-2010-104149-002 10/08/2010 What wood British military coffins are made of, and if they are lined with any fabric on the inside?
13-07-2010-104846-002 09/08/2010 Regarding the proposed defence academy in St Athan, do you have any estimates of how many jobs will be created?
13-07-2010-105325-003 10/08/2010 Why has the Mail on Sunday listed the Royal Marines under the strength of the Army.
13-07-2010-113527-001 10/08/2010 How many complaints or reports has your organisation received from either employees or otherwise about paranormal phenomenon including ghosts, sighting of unknown creatures, impossible happenings etc, and what actions to investigate have been taken.
13-07-2010-115102-004 10/08/2010 I would like information on, and records of, ships, aircraft or vehicles damaged or lost due to unknown causes.
13-07-2010-115105-002 09/08/2010 (1) A breakdown as to the proportion of ethnic minority members of the Forces who are (i) British Citizens and those which are (ii) Commonwealth citizens. (2) A breakdown of ethnic minority representation per Regiment and Brigade.
13-07-2010-120437-001 03/08/2010 I am researching the global incidence of traumatic brain injury/concussion. In particular, I am in need of statistics concerning the number of or rate of fatal and non-fatal TBI (mild, moderate and severe if possible) in the UK, Europe, and then on a global scale. Does your organization happen to have this data on hand, or can you direct me towards any publications that are specific to this topic? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am interested in both British Military and General Population TBIs.
13-07-2010-153540-001 10/08/2010 In relation to assessment for granting developed vetting clearance in accordance with AMP Vetting Directive: (1) What specific conduct does the RAF consider to be liable to lead to susceptibility to pressure or improper influence? (2) What specific circumstances or characteristics (other than those covered in answers to questions 1-29 on MOD FOrm 1938) does the RAF consider might affect suitability for access to TOP SECRET or other sensitive information of assets?
14-07-2010-095232-001 10/08/2010 I am researching GHQ Liaison Regiment and would like further information about the MORSEX machine developed and used during the Second World War.
14-07-2010-102325-001 10/08/2010 During the Nimrod (XV230) inquest on 12th May 2008, a drawing was produced showing the fire sources on the Nimrod, prior to the accident.
14-07-2010-104650-002 11/08/2010 How many sorties has the MQ-1 Predator flown in Afghanistan? How many lost and number of missiles launched.
14-07-2010-105322-002 22/07/2010 A copy of everything held on file in the Housing Office relating to our quartering within the JHQ area, both our previous quarter on Wegberg Camp and our current quarter in Canberra Crescent - under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
14-07-2010-110255-003 11/08/2010 Number and types of animals used in experiments at Porton Down also the types of experiments they were used in.
14-07-2010-134058-001 20/07/2010 Request for copies of files held on the requester by the MOD.
14-07-2010-143144-001 28/07/2010 What monetary value would the MOD place on the volunteer civilian Search and Rescue Services provided by MREW during the financial year 2009/10?
14-07-2010-144625-001 10/08/2010 Journalist of the Polish military press would like to know: (1) how many soldiers and officers with Polish citizenship serve in the military (2) is it possible to establish any contact with some of them?
14-07-2010-154543-002 09/08/2010 Reference AWE Review of Operations at RNAD Coulport. Provide copies of the following information held by the Ministry of Defence: A copy of the review of operations at RNAD Coulport conducted by AWE plc.
15-07-2010-112517-001 12/08/2010 Requester gathering data on all SET related UK public boards as part of a research project and would like to know: Â. The total number of members on your lead governing body or Advisory Council. B· How many women are included in the total number of members.
15-07-2010-114834-001 10/08/2010 Reference a specified contractor and details of bonuses paid.
15-07-2010-115841-001 12/08/2010 Details of your policy of procurement of bear fur.
15-07-2010-120855-002 12/08/2010 A full record as possible of the RAF Board of Inquiry relating to the aircraft crash of Vampire F3 VT873, which crashed near Frensham, Surrey on 21 Dec 1948.
15-07-2010-160643-001 12/08/2010 Precise number of cases of British servicemen Absent Without Official Leave from the armed forces engaged in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, from the invasion of Iraq, 13.3.03, to the present. List number of cases per year for each year of the engagement in each war. Also, how many remain at large at the present time. Only Army figures needed, not RAF or Navy. This is for a programme on BBC Radio 5 Live broadcasting Sunday 25 July at 7.30pm.
15-07-2010-173819-001 12/08/2010 For each of the financial years: 07/08, 08/09 and 09/10, please identify how many drug tests were registered with a positive result for the Armed Forces in Wiltshire. Please breakdown these positive tests by type or class of drug; and identify a breakdown of criminal actions for possession or supply of illegal substances for the same three financial years, for Wiltshire.
15-07-2010-174625-001 12/08/2010 The number per month of British Army personnel killed in Afghanistan during the last 24 months specifying the type of cause as IED, Sniper Fire or other.
16-07-2010-090649-001 12/08/2010 (a) A list of all meetings, plus full minutes and all correspondence held between the Ministry of Defence and the Aluminium Federation between 12th July 2008 and 12th July 2010; (b) A list of all meetings, plus full minutes and all correspondence held between the Ministry of Defence and Norton Aluminium between 12th July 2008 and 12th July 2010; (c) A list of all meetings, plus full minutes and all correspondence held between the Ministry of Defence and the European Aluminium Institute between 12th July 2008 and 12th July 2010; (d) A list of all meetings, plus full minutes and all correspondence held between the Ministry of Defence and Rio Tinto Alcan between 12th July 2008 and 12th July 2010.
16-07-2010-092455-002 12/08/2010 The total cost and number of Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, both in real terms and as a percentage of total RAF expenditure, for the Red Arrows, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and all other RAF aerial display teams (including single aircraft) (each listed separately), for each of the past ten years. If the figures can be broken down further, please show costs for: capital equipment, servicing, maintenance and spares, fuel, flight crew (cost and FTE numbers), ground crew (cost and FTE numbers), off-base accommodation and also the cost of any loss/damage sustained as a result of aerial display training or flying. All split by domestic and overseas display programmes.
16-07-2010-093122-003 12/08/2010 For the purposes of university research, I would like access to the following NATO document, which describes a process by which NATO commands plan for military operations, and to which the UK has agreed: Allied Command Operations: Comprehensive Operations Planning Directive (Trial Version). Dated 25 Feb 2010. The document is classified as NATO UNCLASSIFIED: Releasable to PFP / EU.
16-07-2010-094345-004 12/08/2010 Any information on chemtrails or airborne chemicals or biological agents deliberately sprayed at altitude from aircrafts in the northwest of England that may be for global dimming, population control, weather control, or biowarfare/bio-testing.
16-07-2010-100057-005 12/08/2010 RAF Lyneham is due to close as an RAF station in 2012. What use is to be made of the site, and is it expected to retain its capabilities as an airfield?
16-07-2010-115103-001 13/08/2010 Our Army personnel, total numbers serving broken down by UK country, ie Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland.
16-07-2010-115824-001 13/08/2010 (1) In 2001-2005, how many UK armed forces personnel were referred to the Ministry of Defence's Department of Community Mental Health with possible mental health problems that were subsequently identified as having a psychiatric disorder stemming from their deployment to Afghanistan? (2) How many of these met the diagnostic criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? (3) How many met the diagnostic criteria for an Adjustment Disorder? (4) What percentage of personnel deployed to Afghanistan in this time do each of these figures represent? (5) Provide all of the information for the years 2006-10. (6) Also, provide all the above information for UK armed forces personnel deployed to Iraq since 2003.
16-07-2010-123704-002 12/08/2010 Details of information regarding the programme to develop a replacement for UK's Vanguard nuclear armed submarines.
16-07-2010-144419-001 12/08/2010 Provide the name or names of the senior person(s) in the MOD who took the original decision on the Mk3 Chinook helicopters which led to what the Public Accounts Committee said was one of the worst procurement decisions ever made.
16-07-2010-154254-002 13/08/2010 Who has the information relating to all official visits to UK Barracks by members of the Royal Family?
16-07-2010-155005-001 13/08/2010 I received the below information from the MoD press office earlier today, 16 July 2010: 'As part of the Spending Review process, the Treasury has asked departments to model scenarios based on different levels of cuts. The Government recognises that there are particular pressures on schools and defence, so the MoD is being asked to model 10% and 20% real cuts. That information will be sent to HMT today.' Could you please send me full details of the 10% and 20% MoD budget cut models sent to the Treasury? Also send me any additional information compiled by the MoD in relation to these estimates/scenarios?
16-07-2010-155558-001 10/08/2010 How many MOD staff have or are due to be trained in the use of handguns or other weapons by Police Instructors. Please show service, rank, whether training is for deployment abroad including country, reason why training is being outsourced, weapon trained on, police force supplying training and cost. Copies of documents relating to the implementation of this training including communications with forces supplying training. How many service handgun instructors are required and how many currently are there. Total cost so far and estimated future cost of this training.
16-07-2010-161748-002 12/08/2010 Supply any and all of the briefing notes, drafts and other documentation produced by the MoD Civil Servants in the writing of the answer to the Parliamentary Question (174552) made on the 19th May 2004 to a specified individual. A written answer was given on the 28th June 2004. I am looking for the material between those dates exchanged between and with the specified individual and his Civil Servants with regard the formulation of the written answer given. Please include copies of material which you hold in the form of paper and electronic records including emails.
16-07-2010-162651-001 13/08/2010 Details of the amount of ammunition issued to Combined Cadet Force (CCF) groups in the UK in the past two years, dating from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2010. This should be divided by group and by month where applicable and type of ammunition.
16-07-2010-172150-003 12/08/2010 How many personal within the MOD police are currently on restricted and light duties within the force but are still working. How many of these are at Aldermaston.
19-07-2010-095932-001 13/08/2010 Is there a level of clearance that we could get that would clear all our employees to work on all MOD bases?
19-07-2010-110133-002 16/08/2010 (1) Did the Wakestock Event Organisation contribute to the costs of providing this display. (2) What cost was placed by the MOD to allow this aircraft to attend the function. (3) Are measures in place, given the state of the Countries Finance to curtail such waste of Public Money for such private events.
19-07-2010-113449-001 16/08/2010 State how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to MOD staff were reported lost or stolen in Financial Years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
19-07-2010-115703-001 16/08/2010 A search of the internet reveals that the Ministry of Defence in 1998 ordered the felling of all Turkey Oak trees (Quercus cerris) on all MOD land. We seek to know the reasons for this decision.
19-07-2010-121019-002 16/08/2010 Would it be possible for you to announce the number of our troops injured on TV on a daily basis. Also who is responsible for sending our troops out on foot patrols.
19-07-2010-133128-001 13/08/2010 Details of how many regular officers are serving in the British Army in the rank of Brigadier, Major General, Lieutenant General and General?
19-07-2010-133849-001 16/08/2010 I would like to know the value for the last two years of business given to a specified travel company.
19-07-2010-134002-002 16/08/2010 I need figures on numbers of people recruited by the armed forces in the past few years and from where in the UK these recruits are from. I also need stats on numbers of males and female recruits and those in ethnic minority groups. I need similar stats for people who have left the armed forces in the past few years and on what grounds.
19-07-2010-135916-002 16/08/2010 Please tell me the number and percentage of Band B2 staff who (for the FY 09/10) have been recommended for Bonuses.
19-07-2010-141308-003 16/08/2010 What percentage of the current Band B2 staff in DE are substantive in grade i.e. have passed the A and DC and/or will not revert to C1 should they leave their current post?
19-07-2010-143201-001 16/08/2010 How much did the Ministry of Defence spend on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) conference held in MoD Main Building on 02 July 2010?
19-07-2010-145338-002 16/08/2010 How many serving military personnel have had their DV clearance revoked in the past 5 years and how many have been subject to non-routine review?
19-07-2010-150400-003 16/08/2010 Please tell me what the cost of meetings etc funded by the MoD which discriminate against heterosexual members of the Armed Forces from June 30 2009.
19-07-2010-152533-004 16/08/2010 Lincolnshire coroner Stuart Fisher recorded a verdict of unlawful killing at the inquest into the death of Lincoln solider Capt Dan Shephered in Afghanistan on July 20 last year. Killed by IED. A Royal Military Police murder investigation continues. Please can you explain the rules of engagement which mean this death in a conflict is treated as a murder?
19-07-2010-162121-001 16/08/2010 Request for a copy of the MoD file title: Visit by Sir Bernard Lovell to the USSR.
20-07-2010-090057-001 09/08/2010 Information on the L118 Light Gun, AS90 and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) (a) Classification of explosives. (2) Permission to visit Artillery Range area at Salisbury Plain Training Area (3) Advice on relevant current or recent published research conducted by the MOD.
20-07-2010-095234-002 13/08/2010 End of Play Summaries 3 - 12 Dec 71. Case study prepared by GSOI IPU pertaining to the McGurks Bar Massacre 4 Dec 71.
20-07-2010-103053-001 16/08/2010 Cost of training a TA and regular Army soldier/officer individually, the current strength of the TA and current deployments.
20-07-2010-105321-003 16/08/2010 Information about the amount of sick leave taken by staff in the Ministry of Defence between January 2009 and June 2010.
20-07-2010-110740-001 16/08/2010 In each of the last five years how many animals were used by the MOD in test procedures?
20-07-2010-112859-002 17/08/2010 The cost of giving pre '97 Gurkhas settlement rights. Please can you confirm the amount of your budget spent on pre '97 Gurkhas since May 2009.
20-07-2010-115414-001 17/08/2010 Construction plans of Royal Navy type 42 destroyers and type 21 and 22 frigates with a view to making a plastic model kit.
20-07-2010-120756-002 17/08/2010 A copy of all documentation in relation to Defence Estates Cyprus correspondence whether electronic or otherwise in respect of Job Number WO No. 770567.
20-07-2010-121843-003 17/08/2010 How many MoD employees in the redeployment pool have been made compulsorily redundant against their wish.
20-07-2010-140320-001 17/08/2010 Provide details of all correspondence etc between Ministers (and former Ministers) and their special advisors at Ministry of Defence and a specified company with regards to procurement from January 2004 until December 2005.
20-07-2010-142306-002 16/08/2010 Can you release any documents relating to: (1) the health or well-being of British service personnel deployed to guard the Qarmat Ali water treatment plant in Iraq?
20-07-2010-143059-001 17/08/2010 Information on incidents of acute and chronic hearing loss and deafness amongst armed forces personnel including five questions regarding stats.
20-07-2010-143836-003 17/08/2010 A copy of the Field Service Regulations (FSR) used by British Army officer's during world war two.
20-07-2010-145256-001 17/08/2010 Supply numbers of Armed Forces personnel who are Afghan Interpreters/Translators and levels of competence in written and spoken Fashto /Dari.
20-07-2010-152203-002 17/08/2010 Personnel who serve away from their families within the military are termed 'Married Unaccompanied' personnel. Whilst at their duty location during the week they occupy Single Living Accommodation (SLA) and are not required to pay for that accommodation. I would like to know the reasons why, and/or the conditions to be met which allow this waiver of SLA charges for such personnel.
20-07-2010-152602-001 17/08/2010 The cost of information for the NWCSP.
20-07-2010-164450-004 17/08/2010 I would like to make a request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding information that the Ministry of Defence may hold relating to Google Street View in Corsham, Wiltshire.
21-07-2010-100449-001 17/08/2010 Three questions regarding MOD property lost or stolen over the last financial year.
21-07-2010-103212-002 17/08/2010 Information regarding horses currently used/owned by the British Army.
21-07-2010-141024-001 13/08/2010 Various questions concerning the tender of MOD Contract No: CBNI/2007: Provision of Domestic and Non-Domestic Waste Collection and Disposal Service.
21-07-2010-150200-001 18/08/2010 I request a copy of the submission, and any supporting documents, made by your Department to the Treasury on or around Friday 16th July 2010 setting out the Department's position for the upcoming spending review.
21-07-2010-154332-002 18/08/2010 Requesting whether the MOD holds information concerning defence supply contracts awarded to the former Albright and Wilson UK chemical company. I specify the dates of contracts I am seeking as follows: 1914-1920; 1938-1948; Post World War Two contracts concerning the supply of white phosphorus for munitions filling and the steel industry. Also provide information as to the quantities of any chemicals ordered during these periods and their intended use.
21-07-2010-161402-002 27/07/2010 Request for the CCTV recording of a whole day when I was at Menwith Hill (Saturday 26 June 2010) . It will be long because it was the US Visiting Forces, their Agencies, families, friends and public celebration of Independence Day.
21-07-2010-161931-002 16/08/2010 Direct contact details, especially e-mail addresses of specified MOD Police Committee Members.
21-07-2010-162653-003 18/08/2010 Information from a specified case file that was recently archived. We need to know the date and place where the specified individual took this case to the CPS and any CPS reference number on the file. We are trying to gain information from the CPS who claim no record of this case.
21-07-2010-164440-003 18/08/2010 (1) Any press manuals specifying procedures for responding to media enquiries into British troop presence or activities in Iraq and Afghanistan between July 1st 2008 and July 1st 2010. (2) Any circulars, memos, or similar documents circulated to MoD press officers/media personnel regarding British troop presence or activities in Iraq or Afghanistan between July 1st 2008 and July 1st 2010.
22-07-2010-094711-001 18/08/2010 Request for various documentation relating to three particular sets of papers, all of which relate to Northern Ireland.
22-07-2010-095714-002 18/08/2010 HMS Wildfire (Northwood), Brackenhill House, The Woods, Northwood, Middx HA6 3EX - Royal Naval Reserve Training Establishment. Property is not on our list for Electoral Canvass.
22-07-2010-101348-001 18/08/2010 Information regarding the specified list of the organisation's key contacts.
22-07-2010-101729-001 18/08/2010 Representative of a specified organisation asking whether the Government has carried out, commissioned or holds any study, report or analysis examining the financial costs of like for like replacement of the Trident nuclear weapons system and alternatives to like for like replacement of the trident nuclear weapons system.
22-07-2010-103849-002 18/08/2010 Please can you send me information as listed regarding the organisation’s key contacts.
22-07-2010-110228-003 19/08/2010 On Tuesday 20th July, 2010 at 10.10 p.m. a Channock Helicopter came over our home at what I believe to be a dangerously low altitude. I wish to know what height above the ground this helicopter flew.
22-07-2010-112648-004 12/08/2010 Copy of service record in Met Office of specified individual.
22-07-2010-115621-005 19/08/2010 I read a document in your disclosure log about specifications of boots. Could you send me the specifications, please, and any more recent ones that are now in force?
22-07-2010-120227-003 19/08/2010 Please provide the full tender details for the provision of Boots or direct me to anywhere where they are already published for free.
22-07-2010-144117-001 22/07/2010 Does the Royal Navy still issue a white wool rollneck/polo neck jumper to its personnel (particularly submariners)? If so please could I see the specification and the name of the manufacturer?
22-07-2010-152419-001 19/08/2010 Provide copies of the following information held by the Ministry of Defence relating to the Nuclear Warhead Capability Sustainment Programme (NWSCP) and proposed developments at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE): A copy of the strategy, endorsed by the Secretary of State, for engaging the Local Planning Authority (West Berkshire Council) to mitigate against the risk of delays to the NWSCP caused by potential planning objections.
22-07-2010-154522-002 19/08/2010 Four questions for a comparison on costs for dental consumables, materials and consumables for the specified periods.
22-07-2010-154857-001 19/08/2010 How many unallocated SFA 3 bedroom properties there are in Aldershot at this time. Please include all housing estates in Aldershot in this request.
22-07-2010-163737-002 19/08/2010 1. Could you please give the associated costs of implementation of Increment 3a of DII versus the cost of cancellation?
22-07-2010-164440-003 19/08/2010 2. With reference to International Defence Training for Aeronautical Engineering can you provide the following information: (a) Revenues received for this and previous 5 years. (b) Details of planned future training for years 2011 and 2012. (c) Copies of any correspondence between the Department and Metrix in relation to IDT.
23-07-2010-095519-001 19/08/2010 I would like details of all allegations of sexual misconduct in the Royal Navy made since January 1, 2005.
23-07-2010-102842-002 19/08/2010 Reference response to request regarding MOD property located near Clopton, Northamptonshire and if it was used as a bunker. After a recent trip past the property I noticed that the property is now for sale as a Former sewage treatment works. This confused me, why wouldn't the MOD acknowledge a simple sewage treatment centre if that is supposedly what it is?
23-07-2010-111810-001 20/08/2010 Four questions regarding publication details: hospitality, meetings and travel of Ministers and Senior Civil Servants
23-07-2010-125702-003 19/08/2010 Please forward any photographs you may have of a specified deceased individual.
23-07-2010-150925-001 20/08/2010 Please could you provide a complete list of every information system or database that contains personally identifiable information for which the Ministry of Defence is responsible and the name of the public body (e.g. Non-ministerial Department, Executive Agency, NDPB etc.) which manages it.
23-07-2010-151755-002 20/08/2010 Can the MoD provide confirmation of the number of veterans who participated in the British nuclear tests in Australia and the south pacific who have been awarded war pensions for disability attributable to their service during the tests and how many have been refused such pensions
23-07-2010-162615-003 20/08/2010 Please can you send me an Organisational Chart for your Baha Mousa and Al-Sweady inquiry legal teams
26-07-2010-090739-001 20/08/2010 For each of the past ten years, could I have the figures for: The total number of people employed by the organisation: (1) The total number of people to leave the organisation; (2) The number of people dismissed; (3) The reasons for dismissal, by group: Capability; Conduct; Made redundant; (4) Other substantial reason; (5) The number of people who resigned (6) The number of resignees who claimed to have been constructively dismissed (7) The number of people who retired early (8) The number of compromise agreements reached
26-07-2010-091121-001 19/08/2010 Research for a Ch4 TV programme on the military approach to handling sexual offences. Figures for the number of complaints in the past 5 years, broken down into types. How many of these are the police involved in?
26-07-2010-091332-002 20/08/2010 Provide the numbers and trends of (1) Partial and complete limb amputations for each of the three UK military services world wide and for ALL reasons for each of the last 10 years - 2000 to 2010 (including N.Ireland, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan) and including the second quarter of 2010. (2) Numbers and trends of significant multiple amputees sustained for all reasons by personnel of each of the services anywhere in the world over the same period of time.
26-07-2010-104834-001 20/08/2010 Information and documents on the subject of the development of biometric technology for law enforcement and its legal status in the UK. Please supply me by email or by post with relevant information, documents, instructions, directives, guidelines and reports on this subject which are in the possession of your institution.
26-07-2010-111618-001 20/08/2010 Statistics to see how recruitment in this area compares to recruitment in the rest of the UK. The closest recruitment centre for the army is Ashington. If you could supply me with appropriate statistics, I would be very grateful.
26-07-2010-112916-001 23/08/2010 I served in the RAF on Christmas Island from 1958 -1959 for Operation Grapple. We were told at the time that this was special service and that a medal would be issued.
26-07-2010-115258-002 23/08/2010 Request for the manual for Ferret vehicle Ex-MOD property.
26-07-2010-120651-003 23/08/2010 Please supply a copy of all correspondence regarding the HM Armed Forces "range of children's toys advertised here".
26-07-2010-121639-002 23/08/2010 Copies of ten reports regarding research commissioned by University of Salford's Acoustics Research Centre between 1997 to 2002.
26-07-2010-145240-001 23/08/2010 What were the terms of the sale of the AWE ML stake to Jacobs Engineering? Jacobs Annual Report Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act 1934 on Form 10-K discloses that: ?We used $32.3 million of cash to purchase a one-third share in AWE Management Limited (?AWE?) from British Nuclear Group Limited.? Is this the figure the stake was sold for?
26-07-2010-150023-001 23/08/2010 Did AWE ML, as mentioned in their filings at Companies House, borrow in the form of a mortgage from the Royal Bank of Scotland? Was this part of a Public Private Partnership arrangement and did the transaction have any effect on the decision to bail out the Royal Bank of Scotland and effect turn the transaction into what could be termed a Public Partnership with AWE ML borrowing to finance the redevelopment of AWE from a public owned bank?
26-07-2010-150407-002 23/08/2010 What proposals exist to restructure the organisation of AWE? Is AWE to be renamed? Will AWE be responsible for wider UK nuclear security contracts? What will these contracts include?
26-07-2010-152337-003 23/08/2010 Information regarding the manufacture, testing, and use of CR Gas (Dibenzoxazepine). Especially with regards to its use in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland in 1974. Also, I would like any information regarding the blood tests that were carried out on the sentenced prisoners following the CR Gas attack (for some reason no blood tests were taken from the interned prisoners).
26-07-2010-152817-004 23/08/2010 Information regarding Exercise Gentle Rain which was mentioned in some documents. I have from around 1973 concerning security in Northern Ireland.
26-07-2010-144124-001 12/07/2010 ( !) How many females have been employed by the Northern Ireland Security Guard Service (NISGS) in NI in the last 10 years? (2) How many NISGS females are there currently in the NISGS? (3) How many male NISGS are currently employed in the NISGS? (4) How many females have left in the last 3 yrs and how many males have left in the last 3 yrs? (5) What are the current manning levels and male/female ratio by location and also 5 yrs ago, NISGS are based in Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn.
26-07-2010-154231-002 23/08/2010 Researching the events surrounding the SS Cap Arcona in 1945. Having looked through previous requests, I am interested to know whether or not anything came of a request submitted in 2007. The Code is: Case number: 04-05-2007-095015-004 Due Date: 04/06/2007.
26-07-2010-170107-005 23/08/2010 I would like information relating to Operation Pagoda especially with regards to its connection to CR Gas (Dibenzoxazepine).
26-07-2010-170826-001 23/08/2010 In 1958, at Christmas Island Flush Toilets, (rather than the 'Elsan' pans), were plumbed in at the forward camp (closest to the area of Ground zero for Atomic tests). What correspondence do you have giving the reasons why these units were fitted at a temporary camp rather than the permanent living areas. Could I please have copies of any correspondence or explanation?
27-07-2010-111830-001 23/08/2010 Westminster College of Computing had been a Training provider for Ministry of Defense staff in the past. Please forward us copies of all the information held in your department regarding the training contract with Westminster College of Computing.
27-07-2010-111942-001 13/08/2010 When XV232 left Major servicing it was deployed to the Gulf in Dec 2005. It then returned to Kinloss in 2006 for Primary servicing. Was any AAR carried out during this period?
27-07-2010-113732-002 23/08/2010 Between 1959 and 1963, airmen from 150(SM) Squadron, then based at RAF Carnaby in Yorkshire, were among a number of RAF crews assigned to training in the USA, culminating in the operational training launch of RAF Thor missiles from Vandenberg AFB, California. Please provide whatever images and details you are able to in relation to any of these launches, and in particular to those of the missile with serial number 39.
27-07-2010-120812-002 24/08/2010 Provide any information that you hold on the specific geographical locations within the United Kingdom of any unexploded German bombs (UXB), resulting from aerial bombardment during World War II,
27-07-2010-140457-001 24/08/2010 I would like the list of 57 MoD programmes signed since 1 January 2010 which were reviewed/are being reviewed, as well as any results from the review ie have they been approved or not.
27-07-2010-153402-001 24/08/2010 What MOD firing ranges and munitions burning grounds include wetland areas and which of these are SSSI sites?
27-07-2010-154729-001 24/08/2010 Who owns the land that RAF Leuchars, RAF Kinloss and RAF Lossiemouth are sited on? Do any special terms and conditions apply to the ownership or lease or rent of this land?
27-07-2010-163257-002 24/08/2010 I would like to see a blank copy of the 'Media Ops' form being supplied to members of 16 Air Assault Brigade ahead of the planned deployment to Afghanistan later this year.
27-07-2010-170208-003 24/08/2010 Six questions requesting details of third party deployment agreements.
28-07-2010-102507-001 24/08/2010 A full copy of the Fulton Report, by Lt Gen Sir Robert Fulton, into the Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel in March 2007.
28-07-2010-104743-001 24/08/2010 I am concerned about the number of casualties to UK soldiers in Afghanistan. Can you please let me know, out of the 326, how many have been caused by rocket attacks - specifically 107 mm rockets, not RPGs?
28-07-2010-113026-002 25/08/2010 I understand the MoD holds a number of records or documents relating to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. I request these items: (1) Time period covered: June 2009 until the present. (2) UK Government held records electronically searchable by the FOI officer or his or her agents, starting with the most comprehensive database first.
28-07-2010-115613-003 25/08/2010 OJEU Ref: 10/S 127-193822/EN) - Actionable Service Catalogue
28-07-2010-121201-001 25/08/2010 My father was killed in an air crash in the Persian Gulf on 18 January,1955. I wish to have access to the official investigation reports into the crash and, if possible, find out the causes of the crash.
28-07-2010-125510-002 25/08/2010 The annual bounty a RAF Reserve (who had been in the RAF since 1998 and worked as a Flight Lieutenant since 2001) would have received from the year 2005 to 2010.
28-07-2010-154824-001 25/08/2010 An article in the Times on 28 July reported that the MOD had a total of 1343 officials in the current redeployment pool of which a total of 56 officials had been assigned for more than two years. I would like a breakdown of the grade of officers that have been in the pool for more than two years.
28-07-2010-155919-002 25/08/2010 Provide statistics on the number of Royal Navy surface and submarine vessels that annually sail within 10 nautical miles of the north coast of Anglesey? Could you also provide an estimate of the accident rate (i.e. the mean number of accidents that occur per 100,000 voyages, say) of Royal Navy vessels on peacetime duty.
28-07-2010-163131-001 25/08/2010 Contact details of: (1) Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Energy; (2) Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Innovation; (3) Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Human Resources Training; (4) Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Learning and Skills; (5) Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Communications (Press). For each of the contact can you please send me their full contact name, actual job title, direct contact numbers and direct email addresses.
28-07-2010-163655-001 25/08/2010 (1) Percentage breakdown by religion (Muslim, Christian, Jew, Hindu, etc) of British fighting forces (all ranks) in Afghanistan (2) Percentage breakdown by racial origin (black, white Caucasian, Chinese, Middle Eastern, etc) of British fighting forces (all ranks) in Afghanistan.
28-07-2010-165624-004 22/07/2010 Requesting disclosure of the nature of the loans that were written off by the Ministry of Defence during 2009-2010. The loans are covered in the COINS database under the programme object group description Defence Materiel Agency. The information I am seeking for each loan is: who the loan was with; the total value of the loan; confirmation of the value of the portion of the loan that was written off; when the loan was signed, and when it was due to be fully repaid; the purpose of the loan; the reason for the write-off.
28-07-2010-170514-005 22/07/2010 Information regarding specific Ministry of Defence lines of expenditure as listed in the COINS database.
28-07-2010-172721-006 25/08/2010 How much money was spent on vehicle procurement (so-called "white fleet", i.e., cars, vans, coaches rather than battlefield tanks which I understand are known as "green fleet") between 28th July 2009 and 28th July 2010 by the MOD in the United Kingdom. I would like to know the value of this that fell under the national framework set up by the MOD and the value which did not fall under the national framework.
29-07-2010-101147-001 25/08/2010 The contact details of: Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Energy; Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Innovation; Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Human Resources Training; Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Learning and Skills; Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Communications (Press). For each of the contact can you please send me their full contact name, actual job title, direct contact numbers and direct email addresses.
29-07-2010-110046-001 26/08/2010 Eleven questions with reference from the date Reaper drones entered operational service with the RAF in Afghanistan to the date this FOI is answered.
29-07-2010-114401-002 18/08/2010 The following information: Director/Head of Finance- highest position; Director/Head of Procurement; Director/Head of Information, Communication and Technology; ICT Manager; Hardware Manager; Network Manager; Software Managers; Infrastructure Manager; GIS Manager; ICT Security Manager; ICT Systems Manager; Web Manager; ICT Operations Manager; Customer Service Manager; Identity Management Manager; ICT Project Manager- highest position please; Also send me the departments ICT structure with names. For each contact could you please send me their full name, actual job title, Job title, direct contact number and their direct email address.
29-07-2010-114851-001 25/08/2010 The contact details of: Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Energy; Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Innovation; Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Human Resources Training; Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Learning and Skills; Heads of Service or/and Managers responsible for Communications (Press). For each of the contact send me their full contact name, actual job title, direct contact numbers and direct email addresses.
29-07-2010-121155-003 26/08/2010 Reference DE&S (MOD) moving of staff from RAF Wyton to Abbey Wood Bristol. How many staff have already moved and how much has this already cost? Also, how many more staff are due to move and at what cost too?
29-07-2010-121953-001 26/08/2010 Request for up to date electronic copies of the follow training area maps: Swynnerton; Catterick; Nesscliffe; Warcop; Upper Hulme Ranges; Altcar; Sennybridge.
29-07-2010-131421-002 23/08/2010 Request for further information with regards to a previous request for information on the MoD's approach to the procurement.
29-07-2010-144508-001 26/08/2010 Has work began on the new hangar for the Red Arrows at RAF Waddington yet? If not, when will it start? What date was it supposed to start? Can the Ministry of Defence or the RAF confirm the Red Arrows are still moving to RAF Waddington? What is the date of the move supposed to be? If the Red Arrows are not moving there, what is the reason? If work has been delayed, what is the reason? How much will the new hangar cost? What will happen to RAF Scampton once they have moved? Will the base remain open?
29-07-2010-165540-002 26/08/2010 I am a historian studying British and South African relations over Angola from 1960 onwards. A file I wish to consult at The National Archives, has been retained by the Department under section 3.4. I would be most grateful if you would consider returning the file to TNA for consultation.
29-07-2010-170206-003 26/08/2010 Reference the policing of the Easington gas terminal in East Yorkshire. Are MOD armed police still guarding the gas terminal against terrorist attacks? Which sites in Easington are police guarding? What is the reason for the armed guards? How often is this reviewed? How many officers guard the site at any one time? Is the site guarded 24-hours? How much money has it cost to guard sites in Easington?
29-07-2010-170845-001 26/08/2010 (1) The number of absences recorded during the period 11/06/2010 to 12/07/2010 (including the start and end dates of the period.. (2) The number of absences recorded during the period 11/06/2009 to 12/07/2009 (including the start and end dates of the period). (3) The number of absences recorded on the specific dates of 23/06/2010, 24/06/2010 and 28/06/2010. (4) The number of absences recorded on the specific dates of 23/06/2009, 24/06/2009 and 28/06/200
29-07-2010-171828-001 26/08/2010 (1) A breakdown of the Bonus Awards for FYs 07/08 08/09 09/10 for Grades C1 and C2 ( to be shown separately for each grade) for each of the following 1* area of the Navy Command HQ: DCS; DCS (ES); DN PERS; DNPS. ( 2) A breakdown of the performance markings for C1 and C2 grades serving in DNPERS and DNPS for reporting years 2008,2009 and 2010( when available).
30-07-2010-094753-001 26/08/2010 I want to know about (MDCU) Ministry of defence culture specialist unit?
30-07-2010-103146-001 26/08/2010 Provide either a copy of or an on-line link to, the rules for Medical Discharge from the RAF.
30-07-2010-115043-002 27/08/2010 What is the total yearly value of contracts awarded to transportation companies in Afghanistan to provide trucking services for the movement of goods and materiel to UK forces?
30-07-2010-123106-001 27/08/2010 Copies of minutes from specified dates of meetings of the Director of Operations Intelligence Committee (Northern Ireland).
30-07-2010-145746-001 27/08/2010 (1) Do you record the CO2 emissions from employee-owned cars used for department business? (2) Do you include emissions from employee-owned cars used for department business in your CO2 monitoring calculations? (3) What is your department's average CO2 figure for these vehicles in g/km for each of the past three years? (4) What proportion of your employees' business mileage is covered in employee owned vehicles for each of the past three years? (5) What specific CO2 reduction measures do you operate for these vehicles/drivers?
30-07-2010-150727-001 27/08/2010 How many people are working in the legal team defending the group pensions appeal tribunal by 17 nuclear test veterans and widows, both internal and external and from all Government departments and agencies; and how much money has been spent defending this pensions appeal tribunal between January 1, 2010 and today's date.
30-07-2010-153831-001 03/08/2010 Request for documents in relation to an Internal Investigation.
30-07-2010-155026-001 26/08/2010 I understand that Edinburgh Castle is an official Army flag flying station and that the rules followed for flying the Union Flag are set out in a protocol on flag flying produced by the MoD. I would be grateful if I could have a copy of that protocol.