Apology on POL Corporate Website

john o'sullivan made this Freedom of Information request to Post Office Limited

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john o'sullivan
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Dear Post Office Limited,The POL apology states the following"We are deeply sorry for the suffering caused to so many people by Post Office’s past actions and acknowledge that victims of the scandal need answers, as well as justice and redress."To help provide answers would it not be helpful to accept people and not a place caused the suffering?In the 24 years this has been ongoing,5 years from the Common Issues Trial and 2 years of the Horizon Inquiry what people have the Post Office identified as being actively involved in causing such harm?How many have been absolved of any guilt or share in the Scandal?Does the fact that many key people still remain employed by POL mean they have been assesed and the behaviour is above reproach?In short what investigation did the Post Office undertake to provide answers to who rather than what was responsible for the suffering?

Yours faithfully,

john o'sullivan

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Dear John O'Sullivan,

Thank you for your email of Tuesday 16 July.

As you have not requested recorded information, under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, we are not obliged to respond to your email.
However, we would like to remind you of the Information Commissioner’s
Office (ICO) guidance on how to access information from a public
authority, should you wish to submit a request for recorded information.
This can be found at the following link:
[1]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/offici....

You will be aware that the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is currently
ongoing and therefore we do not yet have a full picture of how and why the
scandal was allowed to happen. It is for the Inquiry to independently
provide conclusions in due course. You may wish to follow updates on the
Inquiry website linked here:
[2]https://www.postofficehorizoninquiry.org....

 

With kind regards,

 

Information Rights

Data Protection and Information Rights Team

100 Wood Street

London

EC2V 7ER

 

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john o'sullivan
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Dear information.rights,Thank you for a reply.Surely the question of what Nick Read is going to say to the Horizon Inquiry is a request for recorded information?In a spirit of already earned financial bonuses and in order to help its victims understand explaining why Post Office is happy to still employ Nick Beal,Rodric Williams and others would be very helpful.Or does the Post Office view of cooperating closely not include volunteering information but wait to explain what the Inquiry might uncover?

Yours sincerely,

john o'sullivan

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