JSP 761 - Reduced Operational Service Medal ( Afghanistan) Qualifying Service.

The request was successful.

Dear Ministry of Defence,

I refer to JSP - Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces and the policy stated in section 8A1.11;
8A1.11. Reduced Qualifying Service. If qualifying service is brought to an end before the completion of the specified qualifying period on account of death, wounding or other disability due to operational service, the reduced period of service will be sufficient qualification for the award of the OSM for service in Afghanistan.
With regard to this my question has three parts;

1. What information would be accepted as evidence that a service person’s qualifying service was prematurely bought to an end due to injury?

2. In cases where the service person was prematurely removed from Afghanistan and no entry made on JPA, would documentation from a medical professional be accepted as evidence?

3. Where in policy, if anywhere does it state that there must be a JPA entry for the person to qualify?

Yours faithfully,

P Philpott

Dear Ministry of Defence,

I am still awaiting a response from my previous FOI request that was emailed you you. I am led to believe that you are duty bound by law to respond with a specific timeframe. This is now long over due.

Please respond immediately.

Yours faithfully,

P Philpott

Dear Ministry of Defence,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Defence's handling of my FOI request 'JSP 761 - Reduced Operational Service Medal

You failed to respond within the allowable timeframe. This is stated in UK law.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/j...

Yours faithfully,

P Philpott

CIO-FOI-IR (MULTIUSER), Ministry of Defence

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Dear Mr Philpott,

 

Thank you for your email. Your request was a duplicate of three other
requests received by the Department on 22 November 2019 (FOI2019/13115);
23 November 2019 (FOI2019/13127); and 4 December (FOI2019/13377). I note
that you were not informed that no further action would be taken on this
particular thread on whatdotheyknow.com, for which I apologise.

 

The attached response was issued to you on the 13 December 2019 and can
also be found at the following links:

 

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Your sincerely,

 

MOD Information Rights Compliance Team

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