FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 24 August 2015
Ministry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses published during the week commencing 24 August 2015.
Updates to this page
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- Ministry of Defence
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- 27 August 2015
- Last updated:
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21 November 2016
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Removed FOI2015/01991 due to incorrect redactions
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Added new FOI responses - Selection criteria for the vacancy of LaSER Regional Commandant within the Air Cadet Organisation (ACO), Information on service personnel Absent Without Leave (AWOL) 2014, Information on sexual orientation of recruits to the armed services and the Recruit Trainee Survey (RTS) and Information on senior officers on overseas attachments by service. Also removed FOI2015/05623, FOI2015/00234, FOI00730/2015, FOI00666/2015, FOI2015/05473, FOI2015/04879, FOI201500945/2015 as already published on week commencing 17 August 2015.
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Added new FOI responses - Information on number of service personnel that have conducted visits to schools or colleges, Number of full time equivalent staff employed by MOD and guidance for staff on dealing with stress, Eligibility criteria for Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) and the frequency of movement of the claimant's family home and Occasions when service personnel have been placed in Substitute Service Single Accommodation or Substitute Families Accommodation, Number of service personnel who have declared their sexuality on JPA since the introduction of recording sexual orientation was rolled out on 24 November 2014 and Number of military personnel medical records mislaid and MOD policy on handling losses of personal data.
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Added new FOI responses - Household staff costs for the 1st Sea Lord, the General Officer Commanding London District and the Chief of the Air Staff and Information on whether there would be civilian military role conversions in the event of a world war 3.
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Added new FOI responses - Number of armed forces held at Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC) and other service custody facilities as at 27 January 2015 and Medical Administration and Technical Instruction (MATI) 31 January 2003 and Standing instructions for the British Forces in Germany.
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Added new FOI response - Information on number of individuals who have enlisted with a known diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis since 1 January 2009.
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Added new FOI responses - New Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2015 (AFPS 15), Information on Her Majesty's Armed Forces Veterans' Lapel Badge, Number of occassions since 11 May 2010 the MOD Police have confiscated drugs controlled under the UK misuse of drugs act 1971 from members of the armed forces, Information on Cash In Lieu of Council Tax (CILOCT) paid by service personnel serving overseas, The Royal Navy's primary manual for recriting policy and Royal Air Force manual of recruiting and selection and Tri-Service policy on adopting feral animals as unofficial mascots
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New FOI responses added - Minutes for the Sep 23 2014 SACMILL meeting, report packs for all SACMILL meetings in 2015 and triennial review carried out on SACMILL in 2013/14, Information on why people with Aspergers Syndrome or autstic spectrum disorder are unable to join the armed forces, Total cost of mental healthcare for military personnel for financial year 2014 to 2015, Information on how anyone experiencing issues accessing treatment beyond the waiting times should pursue the matter through appropriate NHS channels and the difference in occupational standards, The MOD's policy on the use of mefloquine (Lariam) by military aircrew and divers, Number of uniformed UK medical staff for 2014, Organisations responsible for the treatment of Army Reserves with occupational health issues and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, cost benefits analysis for GR4 Collision warning system (CWS).
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Added new FOI responses - Number of soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq medically discharged following their injuries 7 October 2001 to 31 March 2014, Information on deployment of Personal Interfaced Hearing Protection (PIHP) on operations and Number of correspondence from constituency MPs to which MOD Ministers have replied, on the subject of medical training techniques using live animals, List of MOD delivery sites to which Pfizer supply medicines, Number of animals by species used in experiments by the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2013, Total MOD spend on Modafinil (Provagil) 2005 to January 2015 and number of prescriptions recorded on the Defence Medical Information Capability Programme (DMICP), Type of antimalarial drugs used by the armed forces to prevent cases of malaria, Policy on the use of all antimalarial drugs in line with advice from the Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention (ACMP) of Public Health England and Information on number of troops prescribed mefloquine hydrochloride (Lariam) prior to deployment.
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Added new FOI responses for information on the eligibility criteria for Continuity of Education Allowance, information on armed forces remanded in custody, number of armed forces tested positive for steroid abuse, MOD's policy on steroid abuse.
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Added new FOI responses - Information on the Rendlesham forest incident in 1980, Flying hours of RAF Typoon aircraft accumulated in UK, information on numbers of army personnel dishonourably discharged, charged and imprisoned for homosexual offences, rank held by Edward Graham while serving at RAF Gatow before his discharge from the RAF, number of personnel from the navy, army and RAF posted to 39 Squadron at Creech Air Force Base as at 1 May 2014, report produced by INM in June 2014 in response to IMEG recommendations with respect to hearing loss and Information on the minimum colour vision standard for entry at any rank or post for the armed forces.
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Added new FOI responses - Information on armed forces visits to state primary schools in Scotland 2010 to 2015 and the subjects under discussion, the number of unexploded ordnances dealt with by the Royal Air Force in Great Britain and Northern Ireland and outside of the UK over the past five Years and number of service personnel tested positive for legal highs or found in possession of legal highs from 2012 to 2015.
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Added new FOI responses - Information regarding redundancies and training for RAF Police, commissioned or non-commissioned, information on Advisory Group on Military Medicine (AGoMM), and minutes, agendas, and report packs for meetings of SACMILL produced during 2013 and 2014, the table of contents from the FMARS contract and annual costs for Tornado GR4 and the Paveway IV bomb maintenance and servicing.
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Added new FOI response for Information regarding No3 (Squadron Leader to Wing Commander) Combined Selection Board, correspondence held between MOD Ministers and special advisers with the organisers of Glasgow 2014 commonwealth games.
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Added FOI response for number of allegations of bullying and harrassment reported including rape, attempted rape and sexual assault each year from 2010 to 2015.
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MOD Twitter accounts, MOD art collection, MOD spend on publicity, markerting and promotion, MOD's "lines to take" in response to press reports regarding the death of 25 British scientists, value of MOD's art collection, expenditure for marketing, external communications and press offices including staffing, total expenditure on ministerial cars and furnishings.
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Added FOI response about the total cost of Royal Navy Operations and training and the average yearly cost of operating a boat from the 1) Astute, 2) Trafalgar and 3) Vanguard classes.
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Documents
Number of ammunition rounds fired in Helmand Province from Herrick 17 onwards and cost per rounds
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2014/05560
PDF, 112 KB
Total IEDs (improvised explosive devices) discovered and IED explosions recorded by Task Force Halmand from 2009 to 2014
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2014/05816
PDF, 82.5 KB
Bottled drinking water for UK armed forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2015/08240
PDF, 64.9 KB
Contract notice for procurement UK Northwood translation services
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2014/05015
PDF, 65.3 KB
Number of Afghan citizens employed as interpreters for British forces between 2001 and 2014
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2015/00834
PDF, 64 KB
UK forces role and technology used in the assistance and support for the search for the kidnapped Chibok girls in Nigeria
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2015-01191
PDF, 30.3 KB
Number of contractors who died whilst deployed to Iraq (Operation Telic) or Afghanistan (Operation Herrick)
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2014/08508 and FOI2015/01302
PDF, 67.6 KB
Number of Afghan citizens employed as interpreters for British forces between 2001 and 2014 and number of afghans who worked as locally employed civilians
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2015/02271
PDF, 64.2 KB
Number of named operations MOD has supported since 2010
Ref: JFC PJHQ FOI2014/08544 and FOI2015/01417
PDF, 94.1 KB
Request for the average yearly cost of operating a boat from the 1) Astute, 2) Trafalgar and 3) Vanguard classes for the last complete financial year
Ref: Navy FOI 2015/06437
PDF, 40.1 KB
Total cost of Royal Navy operations and training for each of the past 5 years
Ref: Navy FOI 2015/06442 and FOI 2015/06449
PDF, 32.9 KB
Number of staff working in MOD, number of Twitter accounts MOD is responsible for and number of licences for social media products
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/02003
PDF, 145 KB
Number of works of art owned by MOD, number on public display, total value and annual spend
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/02007
PDF, 148 KB
Total MOD spend on publicity, marketing and promotion for financial years 2012/13 to 2014/15
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/03406
PDF, 142 KB
Request for copy of MOD's "lines to take" in response to press reports regarding the death of 25 British scientists
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/04063
PDF, 209 KB
Total value of MOD's most valuable items of the MOD art collection
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/06051
PDF, 211 KB
Information regarding No3 (Squadron Leader to Wing Commander) Combined Selection Board
Ref: RAF 2015 03519
PDF, 83.8 KB
Attachment: Information regarding No3 (Squadron Leader to Wing Commander) Combined Selection Board
Ref: RAF 2015 03519
PDF, 17.8 KB
Correspondence held between MOD Ministers and special advisers with the organisers of Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Ref: RAF 2014/03891
PDF, 57.6 KB
Attachment: Letter from organisers of Glasgow Commonwealth Games to MOD Secretary of State (SofS) 27 August 2013
Ref: RAF 2014/03891
PDF, 66.4 KB
Attachment: Letter from MOD Secretary of State (SofS) dated 18 September 2013
Ref: RAF 2014/03891
PDF, 37 KB
Attachment: Letter from MOD Minister (Armed Forces) 8 December 2013
Ref: RAF 2014/03891
PDF, 20.2 KB
Information regarding redundancies and training for RAF Police, commissioned or non-commissioned
Ref: RAF 2015 02558/02150
PDF, 94.4 KB
Attachment: Career projection for a new entrant in the Provost/Security branch
Ref: RAF 2015 02558/02150
PDF, 54.6 KB
Number of soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq who were medically discharged following their injuries 7 October 2001 to 31 March 2014
Ref: Army FOI2015/02936
PDF, 132 KB
Information on the minimum colour vision standard for entry at any rank or post for the armed forces
Ref: Army FOI2015/03539
PDF, 118 KB
Attachment: Application of eyesight and colour perception standards
Ref: Army FOI2015/03539
PDF, 78.9 KB
Annual costs for Tornado GR4 and the Paveway IV bomb maintenance and servicing
Ref: RAF 2014/05396
PDF, 55 KB
Number of service personnel tested positive for legal highs or found in possession of legal highs from 2012 to 2015
Ref: HOCS FOI 2015/03390
PDF, 441 KB
Rank held by Edward Graham while serving at RAF Gatow before his discharge from the Royal Air Force
Ref: RAF 2014/06933
PDF, 65.7 KB
Information on armed forces remanded in custody, on bail in a foreign country, or custodial sentences in foreign jails
Ref: HOCS FOI 2015/04203
PDF, 78.9 KB
Number of armed forces tested positive for steroid abuse 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014 and MOD's policy on steroid abuse
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/03571
PDF, 73.7 KB
Information on deployment of Personal Interfaced Hearing Protection (PIHP) on operations
Ref: Army FOI2015/00267
PDF, 113 KB
Attachment: Personal Interfaced Hearing Protection (PIHP) system
Ref: Army FOI2015/00267
PDF, 161 KB
Attachment: Deployment of Personal Interfaced Hearing Protection (PIHP)
Ref: Army FOI2015/00267
PDF, 115 KB
Number of animals by species used in experiments by the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine in 2013
Ref: Army FOI2015/00310
PDF, 104 KB
Type of antimalarial drugs used by the armed forces to prevent cases of malaria
Ref: Army FOI2014/04653
PDF, 102 KB
Policy on the use of antimalarial drugs in line with advice from the Advisory Committee for Malaria Prevention (ACMP) of Public Health England
Ref: Army FOI2015/04074
PDF, 108 KB
Information on number of troops prescribed mefloquine hydrochloride (Lariam) prior to deployment
Ref: Army FOI2015/04494
PDF, 107 KB
Attachment: Fourth meeting of the Scientific advisory committee on the medical implications of less lethal weapons (SACMILL)
Ref: Army FOI2015/03865
PDF, 715 KB
Attachment: Fifth meeting of the Scientific advisory committee on the medical implications of less lethal weapons (SACMILL: main committee)
Ref: Army FOI2015/03865
PDF, 88.1 KB
Information on why people with Aspergers Syndrome or autistic spectrum disorder are unable to join the armed forces
Ref: Army: FOI2015/04175
PDF, 112 KB
Total cost of mental healthcare for military personnel for financial year 2014 to 2015
Ref: Army FOI2015/04519
PDF, 128 KB
The MOD's policy on the use of mefloquine (Lariam) by military aircrew and divers
Ref: Army FOI2015/05307
PDF, 116 KB
Organisations responsible for the treatment of army reserves with occupational health issues
Ref: Army FOI2015/03769
PDF, 134 KB
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, cost benefits analysis for GR4 Collision warning system (CWS)
Ref: RAF 2014/04234
PDF, 82.3 KB
Tri-Service policy on adopting feral animals as unofficial mascots
Ref: Army FOI2015/05735
PDF, 122 KB
Information on number of individuals who have enlisted with a known diagnosis of Ankylosing Spondylitis since 1 January 2009
Ref: Army FOI2015/05209
PDF, 104 KB
Medical Administration and Technical Instruction (MATI) 31 January 2003 and standing instructions for the British Forces in Germany
Ref: Army FOI2015/04794
PDF, 114 KB
Attachment: Guidelines on funding for infertility problems in British Forces Germany Issue 4
Ref: Army FOI2015/04794
PDF, 188 KB
Attachment: Standing Instructions 3303: Regulations for medical and dental treatment and admission to hospital
Ref: Army FOI2015/04794
PDF, 535 KB
Tri-Service policy on renal calculus in applicants for service (regular and reserve) and serving personnel
Ref: Army FOI2015/05700
PDF, 433 KB
Number of civilian staff treated as an automatic "Box 3" marking due to non-submission of a PAR for reporting year 2013 to 2014
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/03791
PDF, 80.7 KB
Information on whether there would be civilian military role conversions in the event of a world war 3
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/03034
PDF, 88.3 KB
Information on number of service personnel that have conducted visits to schools or colleges
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/05473
PDF, 193 KB
Number of full time equivalent staff employed by MOD and guidance for staff on dealing with stress
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/05412
PDF, 132 KB
Number of military personnel medical records mislaid and MOD policy on handling losses of personal data
Ref: Army FOI2015/05218
PDF, 228 KB
Information on service personnel Absent Without Leave (AWOL) 2014
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/00930
PDF, 90 KB
Information on sexual orientation of recruits to the armed services and the Recruit Trainee Survey (RTS)
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/05276
PDF, 113 KB
Information on MOD'S job vacancies, how jobs are advertised and external recruitment agencies used
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/2578
PDF, 301 KB
Information on MOD'S use of external recruitment agencies and the five highest paid vacancies
Ref: HOCS FOI2015/2547
PDF, 306 KB
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Ministry of Defence (MOD) Freedom of Information (FOI) responses published during the week commencing 24 August 2015.