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Or have CWOs new titles?</p> <p>Yours faithfully,</p> <p>Jocasta Davis</p></div> </div> <p class="event_actions"> </p> <div class="correspondence__footer"> <div class="correspondence__footer__cplink"> <input type="text" id="" value="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/command_warrant_officers#outgoing-1047808" class="cplink__field" /> <a class="cplink__button">Link to this</a> <a class="cplink__button" href="/request/command_warrant_officers/report/new?outgoing_message_id=1047808">Report</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ff-print-fix"></div> <div class="incoming correspondence normal js-collapsable" id="incoming-1611420"> <div class="correspondence__header"> <span class="correspondence__header__author js-collapsable-trigger"> correspondence@mod.ecase.gsi.gov.uk on behalf of Navy Command Secretariat, Royal Navy </span> <a class="correspondence__header__date" href="#incoming-1611420"> <time datetime="2020-08-03T15:00:42+01:00" title="2020-08-03 15:00:42 +0100"> 3 August 2020</time> </a> </div> <div class="correspondence_text"> <div id="attachment-2882346"> <p>Dear Ms Davis,</p> <p> Your request has been logged under our reference FOI2020/08878. The <br /> Freedom of Information Act requires a response to be provided to a request <br /> under the Act within 20 working days from date of receipt and we therefore <br /> aim to respond to you by 1 September 2020. Whilst we are working hard to <br /> achieve this, due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and the effect on <br /> resources and necessary changes to ways of working, we should advise that <br /> it may take longer to provide a substantive response to some requests.</p> <p> Yours sincerely</p> <p> Navy Command Secretariat - FOI Section</p> </div> </div> <p class="event_actions"> </p> <div class="correspondence__footer"> <div class="correspondence__footer__cplink"> <input type="text" id="" value="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/command_warrant_officers#incoming-1611420" class="cplink__field" /> <a class="cplink__button">Link to this</a> <a class="cplink__button" href="/request/command_warrant_officers/report/new?incoming_message_id=1611420">Report</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ff-print-fix"></div> <div class="ff-print-fix"></div> <div class="incoming correspondence normal js-collapsable" id="incoming-1623567"> <div class="correspondence__header"> <span class="correspondence__header__author js-collapsable-trigger"> correspondence@mod.ecase.gsi.gov.uk on behalf of Navy Command Secretariat, Royal Navy </span> <a class="correspondence__header__date" href="#incoming-1623567"> <time datetime="2020-08-18T12:10:03+01:00" title="2020-08-18 12:10:03 +0100">18 August 2020</time> </a> </div> <div class="correspondence_text"> <div class="attachments"> <div class="attachments__header"> <h3> 1 Attachment </h3> </div> <ul class="list-of-attachments"> <li class="attachment" id="attachment-2899407"> <a href="/request/command_warrant_officers/response/1623567/attach/2/2020%2008878%20Davis%20Response.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1"><img class="attachment__image" alt="Attachment" src="/assets/content_type/icon_application_pdf_large-be89fb9d4a6183f530c1ddb3a6ecdff038786b22c32a2b7de9115a56dbb05dea.png" /></a> <p class="attachment__name"> 2020 08878 Davis Response.pdf </p> <p class="attachment__meta"> 54K <a href="/request/command_warrant_officers/response/1623567/attach/2/2020%2008878%20Davis%20Response.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1">Download</a> <a href="/request/command_warrant_officers/response/1623567/attach/html/2/2020%2008878%20Davis%20Response.pdf.html">View as HTML</a> </p> </li> </ul> <a href="#" class="attachments__show-more" style="display: none;" data-show-all="Show all attachments" data-show-fewer="Show fewer attachments"></a> </div> <div id="attachment-2899406"> <p>Dear Ms Davis,</p> <p> Please find attached our response to your recent enquiry.</p> <p> Regards</p> <p> Navy Command Secretariat - 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