Just received this from the MOD:
My Question
“Can you please tell me the name of the Nimrod IPT Leader between
2004 and the end of September 2006?”
“Can you also tell me the name and the rank of the person with
delegated airworthiness responsibility for the Nimrod fleet prior to and
including September 2006?”
MOD Answer
2. I have now conducted an independent review looking at both the
handling of your request and the substance of the reply.
Some of the information you sought is not available in the public
domain in precisely the form that you have requested, but I consider that this should also be provided to you. The answers to your specific questions are therefore as follows:
a. Between 2004 and 21 July 2006 the position of Nimrod IPT
Leader was held by Group Captain (now Air Commodore) XXXXX
XXXXX.
b. From 18 September 2006 to the end of that month this position
was held by Group Captain XXXXX XXXXXX.
c. From 2003 until the end of September 2006, Group Captain
(now Air Commodore) XXXXXX XXXXX was the delegated airworthiness
holder for the Nimrod fleet.
Between 22 July and 17 September 2006 the post of Nimrod IPT
Leader was held on a temporary basis by a person whose name is not
already in the public domain and does not meet any of the criteria I set out above. Their name therefore remains withheld under s40(2).
I have redacted the names not the MOD.
Interesting that they won't tell me who the IPT leader was at the time of the Crash of XV230.
The Raf/MOD and SOS for Defence and Armed forces Minister have all told us they have nothing to hid.
Well it appears that they have!! ........