DE&S Pol Sec3 Asst Hd
Defence Equipment & Support
#2045 Maple 0a
MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol BS34 8JH
[email address]
Mr Martin Butcher
Our Reference: 125907-003
[FOI #9781 email]
Date: 19 August 2009
Dear Mr Butcher,
Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
Further to my letter of 27 May 2009, in response to your Freedom of Information (FOI)
request asking for details of the American use of hydrodynamics facilities at the Atomic
Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston since 1992, I am writing to update you on the
progress of your request.
We are still processing your request and are not yet in a position to respond. I am sorry
for the delay and will endeavour to send you either a final response or an update as soon
as possible and no later than 16 September 2009. If you do not receive this or further
information by then please contact me and I will investigate the matter.
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.
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, http://www.ico.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely,
DES Sec-PolSec3 Asst Hd
For Director Secretariat and Communications
