Ministry of Defence
Main Building
Whitehall
London SW1A 2HB
United Kingdom
E-mail: xxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
Refs:
FOI2023/11065
FOI2023/11773
27 October 2023
FOI2023/11955
FOI2023/12037
FOI2023/12038
FOI2023/12039
FOI2023/12089
FOI2023/12180
FOI2023/12184
FOI2023/12185
FOI2023/12197
FOI2023/12198
FOI2023/12790
FOI2023/12833
FOI2023/12835
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Dear Mr Ata,
Freedom of Information Act Request
1.
Thank you for your emails of 11, 27 September, 4, 6, 12, 13, 23 and 24 October 2023
listed below at Annex A.
2.
I am treating your correspondence as requests for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
3.
Guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) states that a valid
request “must be in writing; include the requester’s name and an address for
correspondence; and, describe the information requested”.
4.
The ICO states that “the intention of the legislation is for the requester to provide their
real name”, and that “the absence of a real name would make it technically invalid under
Section 8(1)(b)” of the FOIA. It should be noted, if an invalid request is processed by a
Public Authority, the requester would have no recourse to the ICO as their powers only
extend to valid requests under section 8 of the Act.
5.
In view of the above and as the MOD has reason to believe that your requests may
be invalid, please would you provide us with identification, in the form of a copy of your
driving licence or passport.
6.
if you provide your identification privately to the email address above, we will be
happy to take your requests forward. However, until we receive identification, we will be
unable to process any new requests.
7.
More information on how to submit a valid request can be found at the link below:
https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1164/recognising-a-request-made-
under-the-foia.pdf
8.
If you have any queries regarding the content of this letter, please contact this office
in the first instance.
9.
If you wish to complain about the handling of your request, or the content of this
response, you can request an independent internal review by contacting the Information
Rights Compliance team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail
xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx). Please note that any request for an internal review should be
made within 40 working days of the date of this response.
10. If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may raise your complaint
directly to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the
Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not
normally investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Further details of the role and
powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website at
https://ico.org.uk/.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs K O’Sullivan
Information Rights Team – Assistant Head
ANNEX A – LIST OF REQUESTS
FOI2023/11065 – Rcvd 11 Sep 2023 – Relationship between Dstl and NNMP 'Inside
Porton Down: Britain's Secret Weapons Research Facility'
FOI2023/11773 – Rcvd 27 Sep 2023 – Documentaries, entertainment movies, motion
pictures MOD participated in 2016-21
FOI2023/11955 – Rcvd 4 Oct 2023 – Documents Relating to TV Show Street Market
Chefs
FOI2023/12037 – Rcvd 6 Oct 2023 – Retention Review Policy
FOI2023/12038 – Rcvd 6 Oct 2023 – Copy of the MODs Defence Records Retention
Schedule
FOI2023/12039 – Rcvd 6 Oct 2023 – DDC PR Rating of Mission Impossible 5
FOI2023/12089 – Rcvd 6 Oct 2023 – Documents relating to the film Mission Impossible 5,
2015.
FOI2023/12180 – Rcvd 12 Oct 2023 – RAF Documents on Mission Impossible 6
FOI2023/12184 – Rcvd 12 Oct 2023 – Royal Navy's role in "Channel Patrol"
FOI2023/12185 – Rcvd 12 Oct 2023 – The British Army and 'Raw Recruits 2'
FOI2023/12197 – Rcvd 13 Oct 2023 – Royal Navy and 'Britain's Biggest Warship'
FOI2023/12198 – Rcvd 13 Oct 2023 – The Royal Navy and the TV Show 'Sea Cities'
FOI2023/12790 – Rcvd 23 Oct 2023 – Royal Navy assistance to TV show 'On Board
Britain’s Nuclear Submarine: Trident'
FOI2023/12833 – Rcvd 24 Oct 2023 – British Army Assistance to TV show 'Stacey Dooley:
Ready for War?'
FOI2023/12835 – Rcvd 24 Oct 2023 – DDC PR Rating of TV Show 'Britain's Biggest
Warship'
