Ships and Submarines Team
DE&S Policy Secretariat
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MOD Abbey Wood
Bristol BS34 8JH
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Mr Fred Dawson
Our Reference:
29-08-2012-102657-
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Date:
25 September 2012
Dear Mr Dawson,
Request for Information under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000
Thank you for your email of 28 August 2012 requesting the following information:
Letters and emails between MOD Officials and the Union Prospect concerning the loss
of specialist capabilities needed to support the nuclear propulsion programme and the
Frame work Agreement Technical Services for the period January 2012 to June 2012.
I am writing to advise you that we are still working to identify the information that falls
within the scope of your request. I estimate that it will take a further 20 working days to
identify this information, so I will write to you again no later than 23 October 2012. Please
accept my apologies for the delay, and for not providing a response within the 20 working
days set out in the FOI Act.
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, 2nd Floor,
MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx). 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,
The Ships and Submarines Team