
Information Rights Team
Post Office Limited
Ground Floor
Finsbury Dials
20 Finsbury Street
London EC2Y 9AQ
Your reference:
Our reference: FOI2021/00124
John O'sullivan
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29 March 2021
Dear
John O'sullivan,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI2021/00124
I am writing in response to your email received by Post Office Limited (“
Post Office”)
on 24 February, which I am dealing with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (“
FOIA”).
In your email you have requested the following information:
“Please can you say what SPM income was as a percentage of POL revenue
for 2020-2021?
Can you also supply the figures for 2011 through to 2020.”
I can confirm that Post Office does hold the information you have requested.
2011 – Subpostmasters’ Costs as % of POL Turnover
48.9%
2012 – Subpostmasters’ Costs as % of POL Turnover
49.3%
2013 – Subpostmasters’ Fees as % of POL Turnover
46.7%
2014 – Subpostmasters’ Fees as % of POL Turnover
45.8%
2015 – Postmasters’ Fees as % of POL Turnover
44.6%
2016 – Postmasters’ Fees as % of POL Turnover
42.1%
2017 – Postmasters’ Fees as % of POL Turnover
40.5%
2018 – Postmasters’ Fees as % of POL Turnover
38.6%
2019 – Postmasters’ Remuneration as % of POL Turnover
37.6%
2020 – Postmasters’ Remuneration as % of POL Turnover
40.4%
2021 – Information not held as year end is 31st March
*Percentages have been calculated from figures provided within Post Office’s
Published Annual Report & Accounts and use terminology consist with those reports,
which can be found at
https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/secure-corporate/our-
financials/post-office-annual-report/.
If you have any queries about this response, please contact me. Do remember to
quote the reference number above in any future communications.
I hope the information I have provided on this occasion is useful, however if you are
dissatisfied with the handling of this response, you do have a right to request an
internal review. You can do this by writing to the address below stating your reasons
for your internal review request.
Public
Information Rights Manager
Post Office Limited
Information Rights Team
Ground Floor
Finsbury Dials
20 Finsbury Street
London
EC2Y 9AQ
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
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Yours sincerely,
Jackie Lawrence
Information Rights Team
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