MOD Personnel & Families at Woolwich Barracks during the 2012 Olympics

Mrs K Winmill, SO2 Sec Ops 2b

Headquarters Land Forces

Erskine Barracks

Wilton

Salisbury

Wiltshire

SP2 0AG

Mr A Fox Reference: LF
Sec/1/44/6/51591
[Request-13068-2C1DA7E4@whatdo
theyknow.com]

Date: 1 July 2009

Dear Mr Fox

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - CASE NO: 08-06-2009-151425-004

Thank you for your e-mail of 6 June, asking about plans to move service
personnel and their families during the 2012 Olympic Games shooting events
in Woolwich.

Your correspondence has been considered to be a request for information
(RFI) in accordance with the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 and I
am responsible for processing your enquiry. You asked:

`...what plans there are for the military personnel and their families,
who are based at Woolwich barracks, in the lead up to and during the 2012
shooting events of the Olympic Games. Will they be moved out? If so, for
how long, will they be compensated and by how much?'

There are no plans to move service personnel and their families from their
homes during the 2012 Olympic Games shooting events. Extensive safety
planning has taken place and concluded that there is no need to move
service families from their accommodation. All quartering areas will be
clear of risk from gun ranges.

I hope that this reply is helpful.

Yours sincerely

Kathryn Winmill

Mrs K Winmill

SO2 Sec Ops 2b

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