Ministry of Defence
DBSCIO KI-Records FOI
PP34 20 Store Bldg 2/003
HMNB Portsmouth
PO1 3NH
Telephone [MOD]: +44 (0)23927 25139
Ref: FOI 2018/14386
Facsimile [MOD]:
+44 (0)23927 25257
E-mail
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Mr S Morgan
E-mail address: request-532302-
3rd December 2018
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Dear Mr Morgan
Thank you for your email of 13 November requesting the following information:
“Could you please let me know how many Ministerial files have been destroyed under the 20 or 30
year rule instead of being released to the National Archives for the years 2016 and 2017 by the
MOD Review Team.”
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOIA).
We have interpreted your question as applying to files with the prefix “MO” with, for 2016, a first
enclosure date of between 1 Jan 1989 and 31 Dec 1990 and, for 2017, a first enclosure date of
between 1 Jan 1991 and 31 Dec 1992.
A search for the information has now been completed within the Ministry of Defence, and I can
confirm that the number of these files being destroyed rather than selected for permanent
preservation and transferred to The National Archives is for 2016 – 0 and for 2017 – 3
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 Information Rights Compliance Team, 1st 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 make a complaint to the Information
Commissioner under the provisions of section 50 of the Act. Further details of the role and powers
of the Commissioner can be found on the website at:
https://ico.org.uk. The address is:
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
DBSKI-RRFOI Team
