Terms of Ordnance Survey licence granted to AMU

Harry Metcalfe made this Freedom of Information request to Royal Mail Group Limited

The request was refused by Royal Mail Group Limited.

From: Harry Metcalfe

23 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like:

- To obtain a copy of the licence granted by the Ordnance Survey to
the Royal Mail allowing the Address Management Unit to include
Ordnance Survey data in your Postzon product;

- To know the annual fee charged by Ordnance Survey for this
licence.

Yours faithfully,

Harry Metcalfe

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Royal Mail Group Limited

23 November 2009

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Dear Harry Metcalfe

Re: Freedom of Information Act Request

Thank you for your request for information received on 23/11/2009, which
we are considering under the Freedom of Information Act. Under the Act
you should expect a reply from us to be sent by 21/12/2009, which is
twenty working days from receipt of your request.

If for any reason we are unable to provide you with a full response within
that time, we will contact you explaining the reasons for this and giving
a revised date by which we will reply.

If in the mean time you have any questions or would like to contact us
about your request, please contact us by telephone 01252 806513 or
alternatively email or write to us at the address above. Please be
assured that we are giving this our attention and will get back to you
shortly.

Yours sincerely

Daniel Tulp
Freedom of Information Case Officer

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Royal Mail Group Limited

21 December 2009

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Dear Mr Metcalfe

Please find attached a response to your recent Freedom of Information
request.

Yours Sincerely

John Cere
Freedom of Information Case Officer
[Royal Mail Group request email]

Royal Mail is a trading name of Royal Mail Group Ltd. Registered in
England and Wales.
Registered number 4138203. Registered office at 100 Victoria Embankment,
LONDON, EC4Y 0HQ

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Robert Whittaker left an annotation (25 December 2009)

Even if they're not prepared to disclose monetary amounts, I would have thought it would be very much in the public interest to know what sort or license / license terms are in force.

With an undisclosed cost, this would be of little commercial hinderence to Royal Mail, but knowing what sort of licence has been issued would greatly inform the public about the relationship between the OS and RM in the supply of the data.

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