Naval Service FOI
Co-ordination Cell
Navy Command
Navy Command Headquarters
Mail Point 1-4
Leach Building
Whale Island
Portsmouth, PO2 8BY
Tel: 02392 62 5081 Fax: 02392 625081
Our Reference: 12-11-2008-074139-002
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Pat
26 January 2009
Via email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Pat
Release of Information
Further to my letter of 19 January 2009, I am now in a position to give you a substantive
response to your enquiry.
We have interpreted your question as a request for the cost of historic aircraft and ships
restored and maintained for display purposes. I can confirm that the Naval service is not
responsible for historic ships and aircrafts. However, the National Museum of the Royal
Navy operates as a non Public Departmental Body (NDPB) and receives a Grant in Aid
from the Ministry of Defence to assist with associated running costs. Additionally the Royal
Navy Historic Flight has a collection of historic naval aircraft that it maintains for flying
displays.
Further information on NDPB’s can be found at the following link:
http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about/public/bodies.asp
We do not hold the costs of maintaining these displays but you may like to approach the
museums direct.
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 xxxxxxx@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 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.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely
Heather Godfrey
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