Information Rights Team
Post Office Limited
Ground Floor
Finsbury Dials
20 Finsbury Street
London EC2Y 9AQ
Your reference:
Our reference: FOI2022/00733
John O'Sullivan
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
24 November 2022
Dear
Mr O'Sullivan,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI2022/00733
We are writing in response to your email received by Post Office Limited (“
Post Office”)
on 27 October, which has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (“
FOIA”).
In your email you have requested the information shown in bold below:
“
This is what your legal team told Seema Misra.
‘The retrieval of data is not a free service,’ it said.
‘It is very expensive and depends upon the amount of data which has to be
retrieved which is why you are requested to be very precise… Please could
you also advise us as to why you consider the data relevant."
Anthony Oppenheim ICL boss in giving evidence to the Horizon Inquiry
yesterday said The Post Office’s attitude was “contractually and morally
wrong”.
What documents do you hold that show Fujitsu charged Post Office Ltd to
supply documents/data when requested by SPM's,their defence teams or
others?”
We can confirm that Post Office does hold the information you have requested. The Post
Office Horizon IT contract with Fujitsu details the terms and conditions for providing data
regardless of who has requested it. Please find two relevant extracts below from the
contract below.
Clause 25.7:
Schedule D1 charges:
Public
The following extract is taken from the key supporting document SVM/SDM/SD/0017:
We recognise that your FOI request is related to on-going evidence that is being heard by
the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Representatives from Post Office wil be providing
evidence at the Inquiry at various stages and when listening to the Inquiry, should you
have further questions relating to the evidence being heard that you feel Post Office
should respond to, you may also wish to consider contacting the Inquiry directly with your
feedback.
The contact details for the Inquiry can be found at the following link:
https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org.uk/contact-us
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.
Information Rights Team
Post Office Limited
Ground Floor
Finsbury Dials
20 Finsbury Street
London EC2Y 9AQ
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx If, having requested an internal review by Post Office, you are stil not satisfied with our
response you also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
https://ico.org.uk Yours sincerely,
Information Rights Team
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
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