Naval Service FOI  
Co-ordination Cell 
Navy Command Headquarters 
Navy Command 
MP 1-4 
   
Leach Building 
                   
Whale Island 
 
PORTSMOUTH PO2 8BY 
 
 
Our Ref: 11-12-2008-074139-002 
Telephone:  02392 625081 
 
 
e-mail: [email address] 
 
 
Pat 
 
 
 
 
 
 
            19 January 2009 
via email: [FOI #4681 email] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dear Pat 
 
Request for Information – Additional Time to Reply 
 
Further to our letter of 12 December 2008, I am writing to inform you that we are not 
yet in a position to provide you with a substantive reply to your request for 
information on the historic ships and aircraft the Royal Navy is responsible for 
maintaining. 
 
I am sorry that it is taking longer than originally hoped to conclude matters regarding 
your request.  I will contact you again as soon as we have the information, or by 13 
February, if the process has not been completed.  
If you are unhappy 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 Director of Information 
Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail Info-
[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. 
If you remain unhappy 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 
the case until the 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, http://www.ico.gov.uk/. 
Yours sincerely 
Heather Godfrey 
 
 
 

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