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Army Secretariat
Army Headquarters
IDL 24 Blenheim Building
Marlborough Lines
Andover
Hampshire, SP11 8HJ
United Kingdom
Ref: FOI2019/11230/18/03
E-mail
: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
Website: www.army.mod.uk
Mr David Daly
request-608320-
28 October 2019
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dear Mr Re,
Thank you for your email of 30 September in which you asked for the following information:
“Would you be kind enough to provide any manufacture, modification, service, and
deployment history of the Land Rover registration number 15 KF 70, serial number
SALLDHAC7BA262963.”
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000. A search across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has now been completed, and I can
confirm that the department holds some information relevant to your request.
However, Section 21(1) of the FOI Act states that some of the information is exempt if it is
reasonably accessible to the applicant by other means. The department has undertaken a routine
review of the MERLIN archive and the final version of this has since been released as part of a
previous FOI request, which can be accessed at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foi-responses-published-by-mod-week-commencing-
09-july-2018
The information that is not subject to this exemption is the maintenance history and the repair
actions for the vehicle. These can be found in the attached annexes.
Under Section 16 (Advice and Assistance), I can advise you that the database in the above link is
split into seven spreadsheets. The first has a list of vehicles, while sheets two through seven have
the service histories. To search for a vehicle, you must press Ctrl + F, then select ‘Options’ and
then select ‘Workbook’ from the ‘Within’ drop down list. Information relevant to you request can be
found by typing the vehicle registration number 15KF70, and then enter.
Furthermore, you may wish to note that the Ministry of Defence has previously answered FOIs that
may be relevant to your request. These FOIs can be accessed through the links below:
TDOL Reference
Short Name
Released
Page Count
2320-D-128-201
Operating
FOI2016/00702
426
Information
2320-D-128-302
Technical Description Chapter 13 released
489
(FOI2017-09738)
2320-D-128-411
Installation
FOI2019/04714
110
Instructions
2320-D-128-512
Failure Diagnosis
Partial Release
170
(FOI2018/09551)
2320-D-128-522
Maintenance
FOI2016/04156
754
Instructions
2320-D-128-601
Maintenance
FOI2017/07816
46
Schedules
2320-D-128-711
Illustrated Parts
FOI2016/00702
1812
Catalogue
2320-D-128-721
Commercial Parts
FOI2016/03001
644
List
2320-D-128-811
Modification
FOI2017/10573
342
Instructions
2320-D-128-821
General Instructions
FOI2015/02277
58
Finally, you may wish to contact the Royal Logistic Corps Museum who may be able to assist your
research. The contact details for the museum are below. You should be advised, however, that
they may make a charge for their services.
Royal Logistic Corps Museum
The Princess Royal Barracks
Deepcut
Surrey
GU16 6RW
Telephone: 01252 833371
Email: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
If you have any queries regarding the content of this letter, please contact this office in the first
instance. 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 CIO-FOI-
xx@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.
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,
Army Secretariat
