Army Policy and Secretariat
Army Headquarters
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Ref: Army/Sec/Basing/FOI2023/07729
Michael Braite
18 July 2023
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Michael Braite,
Thank you for your email of 21 June 2023 in which you requested the following information:
Could you please give me information on the army reserve centres/ drill halls.
Location, units (platoon/squadron and higher) based there,and whether there are
plans to close it (if so the date of closure).
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act).
I can confirm that the Ministry of Defence holds this information. The information is exempt
under Section 21 of the Act, because it is already in the public domain and is reasonably
accessible to you. Section 21 of the Act is an absolute exemption, there is therefore no
requirement to consider the public interest in making a decision to withhold the information.
Under Section 16 of the Act (Advice and Assistance) I can advise that you are able to find
information on Army Reserve centres, locations, and the units based there at the following
link
: https://jobs.army.mod.uk/army-reserve/find-a-reserve-centre/. You can also find information on sites for disposal which includes Army Reserve Centres
within the Ministry of Defence and the corresponding dates at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disposal-database-house-of-commons-report. If you have any queries regarding the content of this letter, please contact this office in the
first instance. Following this, 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.xx). Please note that any request for an internal
review should be made within 40 working days of the date of this response.
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,
1
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,
Basing and Infrastructure
Army Policy & Secretariat
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