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E-mail: Info.Access@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Mr. G. M. [removed for privacy reasons] Date: 11 March 2010

[FOI #30328 email]

Ref: 14274

Dear Mr. [removed for privacy reasons],

Thank you for your e-mail of 08 March 2010, in which you ask for regarding civic and military execution. Your request has been handled as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

I have established that the Home Office does not hold the substantive information which you have requested. I have given a breakdown of what Government Department you should contact for each section of your request: -

a. `If the Home Office still keeps registers of applicants (successful or otherwise) for the post of judicial executioner, chief executioner of executioner's assistant.'

No. Any information would be held at the National Archives whose contact details are in Annex A.

b & c. `If the Home Office still takes applications or train applicants in judicial execution, and still supply, or keep instruments for judicial execution or instruments to aid the process of execution.'

No. You are advised to contact the Ministry of Justice, whose contact details are in Annex B.

d. `If all the answers to all these questions are the same in regards to British Military law as well as civic.'

Matters regarding British Military fall under the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence, whose contact details are in Annex C.

Annex A

The National Archives

Kew

Richmond

Surrey TW9 4DU
Online Contact Form: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/contact/default.htm

Annex B

Ministry of Justice

102, Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ

E-mail: [email address]

Annex C

CIO Access
6th Floor, Zone E
Main Building
Whitehall
London SW1A 2HB

Online Request Form: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/ContactUs/RequestForInformationInformationRequestEmailResponse.htm

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint within two months to the address below, quoting reference 14274. If you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why you are dissatisfied with the response.

Information Access Team

Home Office
Ground Floor, Seacole Building

2 Marsham Street

London SW1P 4DF

e-mail: [email address]

As part of any internal review the Department's handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. If you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you would have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Yours sincerely

Peter Zebedee

Customer Liaison Team
Information Management Service