Information Rights Team 
Post Office Limited 
Ground Floor 
Finsbury Dials 
 
20 Finsbury Street 
 
London EC2Y 9AQ 
 
 
 
 
Your reference:  
 
Our reference: FOI2022/00804 
 
John O'Sullivan 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx 
 
 
23 December 2022 
 
 
Dear Mr O'Sullivan, 
 
Freedom of Information Request – FOI2022/00804 
 
We are writing in response to your email received by Post Office Limited (“Post Office”) 
on 9 December, 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: 
 
“Did the Post Office deliberately interfere with, deny or obstruct a convicted 
defendants right of appeal? If so, was its purpose in doing so improper?” 
 
Post Office considers that your email does not contain a request for recorded information.  
Although your request can be in the form of a question, rather than a request for specific  
documents, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“FOIA”) does not oblige an authority to  
answer a question if this would mean creating new information or giving an opinion or  
judgment that is not already recorded, which applies to the question you have raised. 
 
We would once again like to refer you to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)  
guidance on how to access information from a public authority, which can be found at the  
following link: 
 
https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/official-information  
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
Information Rights Team 
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx  
https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/en/governance/access-to-information/access-to-information/  
 
Post Office Limited is committed to protecting your privacy, information about how 
we do this can be found on our website at www.postoffice.co.uk/privacy. 
 
 
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