Record#

EV ID

EV-0603 (wayback WB-0403)

Title

1988 Dispossession of Great House Farm, Llandough from the Williams/ Buckler Family (WhatDoTheyKnow request thread)

Authority

Ministry of Defence

Dates

Sent 1 May 2026; last message 10 Oct 2026

Type

FOI request thread: 7 messages (3 sent, 4 received), 4 attachments

Evidence label

CORRESPONDENCE (public FOI thread, published on WhatDoTheyKnow)

Status

refused (WhatDoTheyKnow: Refused)

Outcome

s.23(5) neither confirm nor deny for Special Forces; otherwise not held; upheld at internal review, which found the Act’s time limit was not met. Parts passed on as a subject access request.

Deadlines

Response (20 working days): due 2 Jun 2026, met (29 May 2026); Internal review (40 working days, outer limit): due 14 Aug 2026, missed (10 Oct 2026)

References

FOI2026/09019, FOI2026/09190

Links

Thread on WhatDoTheyKnow · Send/receive view · Archived JSON

Related

WhatDoTheyKnow correspondence (email copies) · all WhatDoTheyKnow threads

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Timeline: request texts are summarised (full text on WhatDoTheyKnow); replies are summarised, with the full text below.

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Date

From

Class

Text or summary

Attachments

1

1 May 2026

Requester

request

Request for any records of UK Armed Forces involvement (including Special Forces) in the 1988 eviction at Tŷ Mawr (Great House Farm), Llandough: deployments, MACA requests, correspondence with South Wales Police, the Council and the Welsh Office, and after-action reports.

2

29 May 2026

Ministry of Defence

refusal with exemption cited (s.23(5)); rest not held

Response FOI2026/09019 (letter attached): neither confirm nor deny under s.23(5) for the Special Forces parts; no information held for the rest; pointed to The National Archives.

Ministry of Defence FOI2026/09019 response: s.23(5) neither confirm nor deny (Special Forces); otherwise not held (WB-0408)

3

20 Jun 2026

Requester

internal review request

Internal review requested, and parts of the request asked to be handled as a subject access request.

4

4 Jul 2026

Ministry of Defence

acknowledgement only

Internal review acknowledged; target 21 July 2026, with 20–40 working days indicated.

5

21 Jul 2026

Requester

follow-up

Chaser asking when the internal review will be completed.

6

5 Aug 2026

Ministry of Defence

clarification demand

MoD data-protection team asks for a personal email address and identity documents before handling the subject access part. Two MoD internal emails about the request were attached to this public reply.

Copy of the 1 May 2026 request email, attached by the MoD to its 5 August 2026 reply (WB-0409) MoD internal emails on the internal review and subject access request, attached to the 5 August 2026 public reply (WB-0410)

7

10 Oct 2026

Ministry of Defence

complaint outcome (not held; s.23(5) upheld; late)

Internal review FOI2026/09190 (letter attached): the request was not handled within the time the Act requires; no information held; s.23(5) upheld; parts passed on as a subject access request.

Ministry of Defence internal review FOI2026/09190: not handled within time; not held; s.23(5) upheld (WB-0411)

Attachments (Wayback Vault):

Reply 2, 29 May 2026: full text as published

Dear [requester],
Please find attached our response to your recent FOI request.
Kind regards,
Defence Business Services Records Review – FOI Team

Reply 4, 4 Jul 2026: full text as published

Dear [requester],
Receipt is acknowledged of your email of 9 June 2026 requesting an internal review of your request, our reference FOI2026/09019.
The Department's target for completing internal reviews is 20 working days from date of receipt. We therefore aim to have a response with you on or before 21 July 2026. However, in the interests of providing you with a realistic indication of when you should expect a response, the majority are currently taking longer depending on their complexity, but we will aim to complete the review between 20 and 40 working days.
The review will involve an independent assessment of the processing of the requests and the outcome.
Yours sincerely,
MOD Information Rights Compliance Team

Reply 6, 5 Aug 2026: full text as published

OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE - PERSONAL
Good morning
Thank you for your email.
We have been passed on your enquiry and to allow us to proceed can I ask
you to provide your personal email address along with Valid
Identification. Please see guidance below.
The Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation
require us to verify the identity of an individual before releasing any
information. As such, to allow us to proceed with your request please
forward a copy of either:
A.      Your photographic Driving Licence showing your current address
Or
B.      Your current signed passport AND a utility bill or official
correspondence which shows your current address and is dated within the
last three months.
If your current name differs from the name under which you served, please
provide documentary proof of your name change, such as a copy of a
marriage certificate, divorce decree or a copy of your deed poll showing
the change.
Upon receipt of the above we will begin processing your request.
Kind Regards,
[name]
AO |Disclosures Triage MP 660 | Support Branch | HQ Military Secretary
| 65 Brown Street | Glasgow G2 8EX
[1][email address]
OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE - PERSONAL

Reply 7, 10 Oct 2026: full text as published

Dear [requester],
Please find attached a response to your request for internal review.
Yours sincerely,
MOD Information Rights Compliance Team

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