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Francis Brown

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 23)

CONTACT OF PORTON DOWN VETERANS
Request to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown. Annotated by Brian Timmins on 15 August 2016.

Partially successful

And yet another who was a volunteer at CDEE Porton Down and so very easily contactable by the MOD, why? because I have been in receipt of DWP since the...
Court cost's of MOD for the last Ten years
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 22 September 2011.

Handled by postal mail

Dear CIO-FOI (MULTIUSER), Thank you for your reply to my F.O.I. request. I think this should have been dealt with sooner, the best thing you can do is...
Health and Safety in relation to Anti Social Tenants
Follow up sent to North Lanarkshire Council by Francis Brown on 18 May 2011.

Long overdue

Now that the World knows you do not care about your tenants you have no excuse if you are taken to court. Yours faithfully, Francis Brown
Possibility of cross contamination in Porton Down
Request to Defence Science and Technology Laboratory by Francis Brown. Annotated by Francis Brown on 18 May 2011.

Awaiting internal review

Still alive and asking questions.
Failure of MOD to inform veterans
Request sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 25 November 2010.

Long overdue

There is still no information being passed from the MOD to veterans about help that can be obtained. Yours faithfully, Francis Brown
Scottish Boys/Girls joining the Army
Response by Ministry of Defence to Francis Brown on 9 November 2010.

Successful

Dear Mr Brown, Please find attached a response to a follow question to FOI-08-04-2010-103953-003. Regards, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff...
Scientific Reports on Blood Taken During Chemical / Biological Trials at Porton Down
Follow up sent to Defence Science and Technology Laboratory by Francis Brown on 9 November 2010.

Awaiting internal review

Still no answer it is now November. Has your lack of reply something to do with the contaminated blood supply's that resulted in people developing illn...
Number of requests not answered within time set by LAW
Request to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown. Annotated by gordon bell on 28 October 2010.

Awaiting internal review

An e-mail to the Information Tribunal Judge: Dear Ms.A. Dhanji To stay my appeal until such time as the Supreme Court makes a decision on the BBC/Stev...
Using people with mental health problems for trials at Porton Down
Internal review request sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 9 April 2010.

Withdrawn by the requester

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 ha...
Various Events Leading to Discharge from Royal Navy
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 7 April 2010.

Withdrawn by the requester

As you may have noticed I have put this and other things into the hands of a lawyer as you would not answer my asking these questions lets see if you a...
Your refusal to answer legal questions.
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 30 March 2010.

Withdrawn by the requester

As you have refused to answer any questions to myself. I have now asked my Lawyer to approach the CPS to start a court case about my time at Porton Dow...
Not answered requests
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 30 March 2010.

Withdrawn by the requester

I seem to have reached an impasse with you to answer any questions that I ask. So I have now instructed my Lawyer to approach the CPS to start a court...
Porton Down Veterans and the Convention of Human Rights
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 30 March 2010.

Withdrawn by the requester

I have stated in one of my other questions that is related. I am using documents supplied to me from the MOD, about myself. To approach the CPS to star...
Gross Lawyers Fee's for M.O.D. 2000 / 2010
Response by National Audit Office to Francis Brown on 1 March 2010.

Information not held

Dear Mr Brown, Please find, attached, our final response to your recent Freedom of Information request. For your convenience, I am providing t...
Study on chemicals used in making CB suits
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 20 January 2010.

Successful

Dear Galloway Kim, Thank you for this detailed and easy to understand answer, the first response some one gave to me only mentioned the present materi...
Supply to HM Forces of Chemical/Biological shells 60's/70's
Internal review request sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 15 January 2010.

Awaiting internal review

Acording to the Freedom Of Information Act you have not answered within the time set by law. May I ask you are you going to reply ? ? Yours faithful...
Exclusion of majority of Veterans from contact by M.O.D.
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 15 January 2010.

Successful

Dear DCDS PERS-SEC-FOI MAILBOX (MULTIUSER), Thank you very much for this very informative answer. It may work if you advertise the information on Tele...
Contractors and Disclosure Scotland Checks
Follow up sent to North Lanarkshire Council by Francis Brown on 12 January 2010.

Successful

Dear Slater Robin, Thank you for this reply. You make mention that people who work and look after the Elderly, Children and vulnerable people are cove...
Mental / Nervous breakdowns after going to Porton Down
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 15 December 2009.

Withdrawn by the requester

Dear FLEET-DCS-INFO-FOI2B SO3C (Demetriou, Mike Mr), You seem to think certain people are stupid, after all this time twisting your answers you now sa...
Contamination of land around Porton Down by Chemicals
Follow up sent to Environment Agency by Francis Brown on 2 December 2009.

Information not held

Dear SW South Wessex, Customer Contact, Any questions to do with Porton Down is a waste of time they the Government do not want any one to know what w...
Patient's Details on Prescription Forms
Follow up sent to Department of Health and Social Care by Francis Brown on 19 November 2009.

Partially successful

Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you for this information I may get in touch with the Scottish Parliament to find out why there is such a big difference betwe...
Composition of rubber used in NBC Suits
Follow up sent to Ministry of Defence by Francis Brown on 2 November 2009.

Partially successful

Dear Galloway Kim, I have read your reply again and I must point out that the service personnel in the Royal Navy did not wear combat boots, their boo...
Data Protection and Prescription Forms
Follow up sent to NHS Digital by Francis Brown on 12 October 2009.

Information not held

Dear Enquiries, CRM, Thank you for your reply to my question. I will contact the Department of Health to see if they can shed some light on this quest...

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Possibility of cross contamination in Porton Down
Request to Defence Science and Technology Laboratory by Francis Brown. Annotated by Francis Brown on 18 May 2011.

Awaiting internal review

Still alive and asking questions.
Investigation into Byers, Hewitt, Hoon or Moran
Request to Ministry of Defence by Chris Richards. Annotated by Francis Brown on 19 December 2010.

Information not held

Maybe WIKILEAKS will publish the answer as America would want to know this information.
Investigation into Byers, Hewitt, Hoon or Moran
Request to Ministry of Defence by Chris Richards. Annotated by Francis Brown on 30 October 2010.

Information not held

They said this about Hospital records of mine until I found them. They then said a junior clerk was to blame, it's a never ending excuse.
Veterans ID Cards
Request to Ministry of Defence by Eliot Daley. Annotated by Francis Brown on 30 October 2010.

Successful

It may have something to do with most of the organisations are run by non-veterans and civilians and they would lose out on some of the perks I:E- they...
War Pensions procedures, obstacles & uneven playing field
Request to Ministry of Defence by SSARMCA. Annotated by Francis Brown on 30 October 2010.

Awaiting internal review

Some of the obstacles are the MoD cannot or will not look for or find hospital records, in my case these were records from the Military mental hospital...
Animal Experimentation at Porton Down
Request to Ministry of Defence by Lewis Goodall. Annotated by Francis Brown on 13 March 2010.

Successful

I have now also found out that they used human beings who had mental illness's during their experiments with military personnel.
Ex Forces Mental Health
Request to Ministry of Defence by Charles Brindley. Annotated by Francis Brown on 7 September 2009.

Partially successful

I to am investigating a possible link to mental ill health and relationship to military service. See my FOI requests; Mental/ Nervous breakdowns aft...
PTSD
Request to Ministry of Defence by Sue Grabbit. Annotated by Francis Brown on 1 August 2009.

Successful

I to suffer PTSD but it is not due to being in a combat zone, it was because I was on board HMS REWARD when it sunk on the 10th August 1976. Then I got...

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