Ships and Submarines Team 
 
 
 
 
 
#2043 Maple 0a 
 
MOD Abbey Wood 
Bristol BS34 8JH 
 
[email address] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Mr F Dawson 
Our Reference: 113216-002 
 
 
Request-34136-
Date: 27 September 2010 
[email address] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dear Mr Dawson 
 
Request for Information – Release of Information under the Freedom of Information (FOI) 
Act 2000  
 
I am writing to provide you with an update on your request for the annual reports from the 
Defence Nuclear and Environment Safety Board to the Defence Environment and Safety 
Board for the years 2006-7, 2007-8 and 2008-9.  
 
As you will be aware from my earlier letters, qualified exemptions S24 (National Security), 
S26 (Defence), S27 (International Relations) and S35 (Formulation of Government Policy) 
of the FOI Act are believed to apply to the information that you have requested.  These 
qualified exemptions are subject to the application of a balance of public interest test. 
 
Unfortunately, this work remains ongoing, which means that it is still not possible to 
provide you with a response on your request.  We will try to conclude it as soon as 
possible, as we appreciate that it is a number of months since you originally submitted 
your request.  I will write to you again within 20 working days, by no later than by 25 
October 2010. 
 
If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the 
handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal 
resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an 
independent internal review by contacting the Head of Corporate Information, 6th Floor, 
MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail [email address]). Please note that 
any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on 
which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end.  
 
 

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If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the 
Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of 
Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your 
case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role 
and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's 
website, www.ico.gov.uk.  
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
The Ships and Submarines Team 
 

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