Defence Equipment & Support
Mr Mark Yates
Maple 0a #2043
request-421650-
MOD Abbey Wood
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Bristol BS34 8JH
WhatDoTheyKnow
Our Reference: FOI2017-07635
Date: 1st August 2017
Dear Mr Yates
Your email dated 29th July 2017 is considered to be a request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) 2000. You requested the following information:
I have purchased a Leyland daf 4x4 from witham specialist vehicle ltd, the reg is AK 52 AA
and the chassis number is SBLAV44CEOL142797 Could you please supply me the vehicles
history
I can confirm that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) holds information relevant to your request.
Unfortunately, following the closure of MERLIN it is only possible to retrieve information held on
the archived version of the database, which is attached.
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