Information Commissioner's Office

Ministry of Defence

1 December 2005, Central government

The complainant requested her late father's full naval service and medical records. The MoD provided, albeit late, the certificate of service and attestation pack. The medical records had earlier been provided to the complainant's mother and the complainant stated that she did not want duplicates of the same information and so this was not provided. The complainant contends that the full service and medical records were not provided. The MoD contend that they have provided all of the information which they hold and that typically, for Royal Marines serving between 1938 and 1948, they would not hold any further information. The Commissioner is satisfied with the assurances provided by the MoD. The Commissioner's decision is that the MoD has provided all the information held in relation to the request but failed to do so within 20 working days.

FOI 1: Not upheld