Freedom of Information: Records released as a result of Freedom of
Information (FOI) requests
May 2006
This table lists the individual records opened in May 2006 as a result of
FOI requests.
Subject
Date of
record
1952
Description
Assizes
Catalogue
reference
ASSI 89/3
Assizes
ASSI 6/84
1952
Butler, Oliver George
Aviation
AVIA 16/375
History of the Aircraft
Torpedo Development Unit
Board of Stamps
IR 59/1103
Board of Stamps
IR 59/1220
Central Office of
Information
Central Office of
Information
Central Office of
Information
Central Office of
Information
INF 6/2157
1980 Jan
01 - 1980
Dec 31
1967 Jan
01 - 1968
Dec 31
1972 Jan
01 - 1978
Dec 31
1981-1982
INF 6/1316
1976
Mix and Match Decor 1976
INF 6/1317
1976
Cheaper London 1976
INF 6/1318
1977-1978
The Centre (meeting place
for young people) 1977
Central Office of
Information
Central Office of
Information
Central Office of
Information
INF 6/1319
1978
Darts 1978
INF 6/1320
1978
Germaine Greer 1978
INF 6/1321
1979
One Parent Family 1978
MURDER: Butler, Oliver
George
Cmdr Ronald Langton-Jones
Kwame Nkrumah
The Maze Prison
Colonial Office
CO 1030/804
1958-1959
Singapore: constitutional
development
Crime
HO 144/22872
1946
CRIMINAL CASES: HEATH,
Neville George Clevely
Convicted at Central Criminal
Court (CCC) on 26
September 1946 for murder
and sentenced to death
Crime
HO 45/22301
1927-1948
CRIMINAL CASES: MOREY,
Reginald. Convicted at
Exeter on 2 November 1927
of murder and sentenced to
death (commuted)
Daily Mirror
BS 26/239
Paul Foot, Daily Mirror: EV
146
Foreign Office
FO 1004/544
1991 Nov
25 - 1992
Nov 13
1960-1972
Foreign Office
FO 1004/80
1969;1971
USSR and Egypt
Foreign Office
FO 1004/81
1971
Egypt
Foreign Office
FO 1004/408
1960-1968
Rofe, John Arthur David
Foreign Office
FO 1004/475
1959-1972
Bramall, Ernest Edward Peel
Foreign Office
FO 1004/404
1959-1973
Rofe, Charles. See also FO
1004/700
Foreign Office
FO 1004/126
1951-1958
Gassner, Leo Ferdinand
Josef Maria
Foreign Office
FO 1004/700
1972-1979
Rofe, Charles. See also FO
1004/404
Home Office
HO 45/23775
1940
WAR: Charles Stephen
Geary, long standing fascist
and member of British Union
who conceived the idea of
forming an inner circle within
The Fellowship of the
Services organisation to
combat communism:
detention under Defence
Egypt General Mission
regulation 18B
Home Office
HO 45/22285
1919-1948
EXECUTIONS: Executioner
and assistant: fees payable
by County Sheriffs
Home Office
HO 144/20848
1937
ROYAL - TITLE ROYAL AND
ROYAL ARMS: Title Royal: J
W Benson Ltd: Crown and
Cypher on watches and
printed matter as coronation
souvenirs
Home Office
HO 45/25649
1949-1960
TREATIES AND
CONVENTIONS:
International Convention on
Genocide: question of
ratification by the UK
Home Office
HO 45/23695
1940-1941
WAR: Loretto Santarelli,
manager Savoy Hotel
Restaurant London: well
known and highly respected
person; detention
Ireland
HO 144/22379
1920-1921
IRELAND: Sinn Fein:
relations with Soviet
Government
Lord Chancellor's
Office
LCO 20/660
1975-1976
Issues of life and death: Sir
Norman Anderson
Metropolitan Police MEPO 26/224
1973 Jan
01 - 1976
Dec 31
REGO, V and DOE, M:
murdered by E BURROWS
during a robbery at The
Shopping Centre, Victoria
Street, Hamilton, Bermuda
on 6 April 1973
Metropolitan Police MEPO 26/225
1973 Jan
01 - 1973
Dec 31
REGO, V and DOE, M:
murdered by E BURROWS
during a robbery at The
Shopping Centre, Victoria
Street, Hamilton, Bermuda
on 6 April 1973. Index book,
statements and documents
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/1868
1939-1949
Detective Conferences 5 and
6 Districts: minutes
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/2200/1
1941-1960
Previously closed extracts:
42 pages. Now released and
reunited with parent piece
Metropolitan Police MEPO 3/1442
1931-1939
Complaint from Calcutta
Police about Maurice George
Skipsey alias Victor Dane,
sometime assistant trainer to
Arsenal Football Club,
alleged to have defrauded
James Charles Delaney
Ministry of
Defence
DEFE 68/246
1978 Jan
01 - 1978
Dec 31
International Military Services
Limited (formerly Millbank
Technical Services Ltd):
control of expenditure
Ministry of
Defence
DEFE 68/254
1977 Jan
01 - 1977
Dec 31
Arms sales to Saudi Arabia:
Royal Engineers assistance
to the Saudi National Guard
in relation to construction
projects
Ministry of Health
MH 148/877
1975 Jan
01-1976
Dec 31
Danger of Lassa Fever
transmitted from laboratory
rats: issue of warning to
laboratories against importing
the rat (mastomys natalensis)
for research purposes;
papers and correspondence
Ministry of Health:
Children’s
Department
MH 102/1140
1948
Publicity about Home Office
schools: public release of
'Good Time Girl' very little
change made in the film
which received adverse
reports from the Press
Ministry of Health:
Children's
Department
MH 102/1137
1947
Publicity about Home Office
schools: film entitled 'Good
Time Girl' based on the 'Cleft
Chin' murder case
Ministry of
Transport
MT 93/6
1930-1946
T R Harker Chairman of the
Traffic Commissioners South
Eastern Area. Chairman
Appeal Tribunal Road and
Rail Traffic Act 1933
National Coal
Board
COAL 26/1093
01/12/1971 British Coal Black Book:
Digest of Statistics for
30/11/1991 Negotiating Purposes
National Coal
Board
COAL 30/130
01/09/1986 Promulgation of
Organisational Changes in
31/08/1993 British Coal
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/9
1996
British Coal Corporation;
Papers - (1 - 26) Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/677
1989;1992
British Coal Corporation
Meetings; General Papers
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/678
1989;1992
British Coal Corporation
Meetings; Minutes
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/679
1994
British Coal Corporation
Meetings; Minutes
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/680
1989;1992
British Coal Corporation
Meetings; Papers Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/681
1994
British Coal Corporation
Meetings; Papers Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/689
1987-1988
British Coal Staff
Superannuation Scheme
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4622
1991
British Coal Corporation
Employee Relations
Department Instruction
Clerical Staff Rates of Pay
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4623
1989
British Coal Corporation
Headquarters Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
COAL 74/4624
1969-
British Coal Corporation Joint
Board
1978;
1987-1990
Departmental Instruction
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4625
1988
British Coal Corporation Joint
Departmental Instruction
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4628
1993
British Coal Corporation Joint
Departmental Instruction
Finance Department and
Employee Relations
Department Risk Financing
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4629
1990
British Coal Corporation Joint
Departmental Instruction
Finance Dept Employee
Relations Dept Redundancy
Benefits Industrial
Employees British Coal &
Subsidiaries Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4631
1991
British Coal Corporation
Papers Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4632
1988
British Coal Corporation Staff
Policy Rates of Pay National
Joint Council Clerical Minutes
of the Meeting Area
Headquarters Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4633
1989-1990
British Coal Corporation Staff
Policy Rates of Pay National
Joint Council Clerical Minutes
of the Meeting Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4667
1967-1987
British Coal Staff Department
Inclusive Index to Staff
Department Instructions
(Unrestricted) Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/4668
1991
British Coal Staff Policy
Rates of Pay National Joint
Council Clerical Minutes
Minutes of Meeting
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/5077
1985-1986
Consultative Meetings British
Coal/Trade Unions Coal
Industry National
Consultative Council
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/7352
1988
Conferences & Meetings,
British Coal & British
Association of Colliery
Management Executive,
Meeting Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/7353
1988
Conferences & Meetings,
British Coal & British
Association of Colliery
Management. Executive,
Meetings Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/7741
1990
British Coal Corporation Draft
Minutes Confidential
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/7743
1988
British Coal Corporation
Minutes, Records Formation:
Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/7746
1991
British Coal Corporation,
Minutes, Papers, General.
Formation: Headquarters
National Coal
Board
COAL 74/7748
1987-1988
British Coal Staff
Superannuation Scheme,
Reports and Accounts
Formation: Headquarters
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/23262
HAGE, D J Date(s) of birth:
18.04.1927
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/4943
1946 Jan
01 - 1968
Dec 31
1925
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/21703
1925-1943
Dardecker, Samuel, from
Sweden. Resident in
Swansea. Certificate 12056
issued 28 April 1925.
Hubner, Rudolf, from
Czechoslovakia. Resident in
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/35019
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/8965
1954 Jan
01 - 1968
Dec 31
1928
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/9112
1928
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/9030
1928
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/4723
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/10078
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/30186
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/29594
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/27396
1951 Jan
01- 1952
Dec 31
1952 Jan
01-1953
Dec 31
1945 Jan
01 - 1947
Dec 31
1948 Jan
01 - 1949
Dec 31
1949 Jan
01 - 1974
Dec 31
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/15227
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/2109
1946 Jan
01 - 1955
Dec 31
1923
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/8849
1928
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/8754
1928
Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. Certificate
12181 issued 24 June 1925.
LANDSMAN, P Date of birth:
04/06/1901
Sokolow, Mendel (or Max
Sokolov), from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 16722 issued 4
December 1928.
Sokolow, Celina, from
Poland. Resident in London.
Certificate 16346 issued 17
August 1928.
Sokolow, Nahum, from
Russia. Resident in London.
Certificate 16130 issued 15
June 1928.
BURG, M Date of Birth:
03.07.1895
DINTENFASS, C Date of
Birth: 29.01.1897
KATZEFF, S Date of birth:
08/02/1900
KATZEFF, N J Date of birth:
11/11/1900
KURZ, R; KURZ, I W Dates
of birth: 09/03/1888;
25/06/1885
FOLDES, P M Date of birth
22.08.1924
Reich, Abraham (known as
Isaac Wright), from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 10,435 issued 10
September 1923.
Statman, Max, from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate 16728 issued 3
December 1928.
Birnhak, Markus (or Marks
Birnhak, or Cohen), from
Poland. Resident in London.
Certificate 16547 issued 22
October 1928.
Shaerf, Leo (known as Leon
Shaerf), from Poland.
Resident in London.
Certificate 11,301 issued 22
July 1924.
KINSKI, S Date of birth:
16/04/1882
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/3390
1924
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/26718
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/8385
1939 Jan
01 - 1941
Dec 31
1927
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/16316
1932
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/35431
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/4684
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/21594
1938 Jan
01 - 1940
Dec 31
01/01/1940 BEEHL, A A Date of Birth:
12.05.1875
31/12/1940
1915
ALIENS (see also Nationality
and Naturalisation): High
Court decision on power of
the Crown to intern enemy
alien civilians as prisoners of
war
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/16834
1932
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/36180
1950 Jan
01 - 1951
Dec 31
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/14802
1931
Schneederman, Simon (or
Simon Taylor), from Russia.
Resident in Bournemouth.
Certificate 15278 issued 15
October 1927.
Loszycki, Jankiel, or
Lachinsky, Jacob (known as
Jacob Leach), from Poland.
Resident in London.
Certificate AZ1588 issued 09
June 1932.
MULLER, H Date of birth
17/11/1908
Lekerman, Julius, from
Russia. Resident in
Stockport. Certificate AZ2103
issued 16 September 1932.
MERTEN, R G aka
HOLLAND-MERTON aka
HOLLAND Date of birth
13/12/1884
Dubesik, Simon Philip
(known as Simon Philip
Davis), from Russia.
Resident in London.
Certificate AZ115 issued 24
August 1931.
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/8802
1928
Gorinstein, Abraham (or
Abraham Ornstin), from
Roumania. Resident in
London. Certificate 16752
issued 10 December 1928.
Tropp, Myer, from Poland.
Resident in London.
Certificate 13807 issued 13
September 1926.
KONSTANDT, O Date of
birth: 26/10/1898
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/5749
1926
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/27522
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/20462
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/7703
1938 Jan
01 - 1939
Dec 31
1938 Jan
01 - 1945
Dec 31
1927
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 405/32747
1950 Jan
01 - 1964
Dec 31
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/9052
1928
Nationality and
Naturalisation
HO 144/4168
Overseas
BW 91/573
Pensions
PIN 59/37
1937-1962
Widows' pensions
Pensions
PIN 59/39
1940-1969
Severe battle casualties:
deaths from causes other
than pensionable disabilities
HERCHES, D Date(s) of
birth: 25.08.1897
Clapham, Joseph, from
Poland. Resident in London.
Certificate 15015 issued 30
July 1927.
KRZYZAK, B aka
PIOTROWSKI aka LUBICZ
Date of birth: 11/04/1904
Goldman, Solomon, from
Russia. Resident in London.
Certificate 16802 issued 22
December 1928.
1898; 1925 Steigmann, Gottfried, from
Germany. Resident in York.
Certificate A10290 issued 6
June 1898.
1975-1977 Technical Education:
correspondence and papers
relating to collaboration
programmes with Bhopal and
other TTTIs, Indian Institutes
of Technology (IITs) and
Regional Engineering
Colleges (RECs). With report
of visit by G A Hunting
(1975), Synopsis of Kelkar
Report (1976) and other
papers
Pensions
PIN 15/3296
1940-1941
Disablement or death
through serious negligence
or misconduct (Second World
War)
Pensions
PIN 15/3297
1939-1943
Disablement or death
through serious negligence
or misconduct (Second World
War)
Pensions
PIN 15/3298
1940-1963
Disablement or death
through serious negligence
or misconduct (Second World
War)
Prime Minister's
Office
PREM 11/2060
1957
Article in US newspaper
'Saturday Evening Post' by
Malcolm Muggeridge
attacking HM The Queen
Prime Minister's
Office
PREM 11/2056
1957
Attack on HM The Queen by
Lord Altrincham in articles in
'National and English Review'
Prime Minister's
Office
PREM 11/3026
1953-1960
Visits of King Hussein to UK
in June 1955, April and
December 1959 and October
1960: arrangements and
record of meetings
Prime Minister's
Office
PREM 11/1570
1955-1956
HRH The Princess
Margaret's tour of East Africa
Prison
PCOM 9/626
1938-1939
Applications for post of
executioner: personal details,
examination papers, training
arrangements
Prison
PCOM 9/731
1927-1947
ROWLAND Walter Graham:
convicted at Manchester 16
December 1946 of murder
and sentenced to death
Prison
PCOM 9/1627
1952
BUTLER, Oliver George: at
Staffs on 4 July 1952
convicted of murder;
sentenced to death; executed
on 12 August 1952
Prison
PCOM 9/846
1939-1946
GAMBLE Harry Herbert:
convicted at Nottingham 24
June 1939 of murder and
sentenced to death
(commuted)
Prison
PCOM 9/645
1945
Holloway Prison: refusal by 4
wardresses to perform
duties; resignation refused
and disciplinary inquiry held
Prison
PCOM 9/647
1949
Holloway Prison: enquiry into
disturbance in Borstal Wing;
allegations that wardresses
used sticks to restore order
Prison
HO 45/23653
1940-1949
Public
Prosecutions
DPP 2/201
1934
Reports on conditions at
Holloway Prison: treatment of
pregnant prisoners;
resignation of three prison
officers; deputation to
Secretary of State
concerning officers' working
conditions; report of enquiry
into disturbances at Borstal
Wing; provocation of prison
officers by enemy alien
internees. PUBLICATIONS:
Issue of 'A Prisoner's Log' by
Howard League of Penal
Reform and 'A month in
Holloway' by Prison Reform
Council. WAR: Reports on
conditions at Holloway
Prison; treatment of pregnant
prisoners
ROWLAND, Walter G:
Murder
Royal Commission
on Gambling
Treasury Solicitor
BS 3/649
1976
Prof. Sir Norman Anderson
TS 49/485
1972 Jan
01-1976
Dec 31
Participation by Her Majesty's
Government in commercial
companies: responsibility for
the debts of Beagle Aircraft
Company Ltd