Authorisation for the Roll Out of Horizon

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Dear Post Office Limited,

In the Post Office Board Monthly Report of July 1999, an entry ‘Harnessing Technology/Automation’ appears in a table of POCL’s ‘overall objectives’. The corresponding milestone for this objective is recorded as:

‘-successfully completing the Live Trial of Horizon by the end of September 1999;
-installing 4,000 post offices with Horizon by the end of March 2000, subject to Government decision’.

Please can you disclose documentation which pertains to the Government decision which authorised the rollout of Horizon at this juncture.

Yours sincerely
Eleanor Shaikh

Information Rights Team, Post Office Limited

Our ref: FOI2021/00810

Dear Eleanor Shaikh,

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 6th
September. Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.

The Act requires that a response must be given promptly, and in any event
within 20 working days. We will therefore reply at the latest by 4th
October.

Please note that due to members of the Information Rights team being
absent due to Covid-19, it is taking longer to process information
requests at this time and regrettably we may be unable to respond to your
request by the due date identified above. We are progressing information
requests as quickly as possible in these circumstances and apologise for
any delay.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,
Liesl Jackson

Information Rights Team, Post Office Limited

Our ref: FOI2021/00812

Dear Eleanor Shaikh,

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 6th
September. Your request is being considered under the terms of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000.

The Act requires that a response must be given promptly, and in any event
within 20 working days. We will therefore reply at the latest by 4th
October.

Please note that due to members of the Information Rights team being
absent due to Covid-19, it is taking longer to process information
requests at this time and regrettably we may be unable to respond to your
request by the due date identified above. We are progressing information
requests as quickly as possible in these circumstances and apologise for
any delay.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,
Amanda Coghlan

Information Rights Team, Post Office Limited

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Dear Eleanor Shaikh

Please find an update attached to your Freedom of Information request

Regards

David Sinclair

Information Rights Team

20 Finsbury Street

London EC2Y 9AQ

Email: [1][Post Office request email]

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Dear Eleanor Shaikh,

Please find attached the response relating to your Freedom of Information
request. Please note that the documents referred to in the letter will be
sent separately.

Regards,

David Sinclair

Information Rights Team

Ground Floor

Finsbury Dials

20 Finsbury Street

London

EC2Y 9AQ

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Dear Ms Shaikh,

 

Please find attached the first set of documents that are connected with
the above request

 

David

 

Information Rights

 

Data Protection and Information Rights Team

 

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London, EC2Y 9AQ

 

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Dear Ms Shaikh,

 

Please find attached the second set of documents that are connected with
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David

 

Information Rights

 

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Dear Ms Shaikh,

 

Please find attached the last set of documents that are connected with the
above request

 

David

 

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Dear Chris Russell,

Many thanks for the documents released by you in response to my FOI request 2021/00812.

I would just like to clarify:

i) What is the reason for redacting documents which are already available to view in non-redacted form at the Postal Museum Archives? (Documents which are referred to in your response as 01.20, 02.20, 0.3, 7.14, 10, 11.26 and 13.30).

ii) What is the reason for redacting a document which will be released at the Postal Museum Archive in January 2022 (19.11)? This release date is already beyond the 20 year disclosure time.

iii) What is the reason for redacting the name of the Postal Minister, Alan Johnson, in the list of Attendees of the PO Board in its Minutes of 11 January 2000 (19.11)?

Given my FOI request relates specifically to the role of government in authorising the rollout of Horizon, I am uncertain as to why this redaction was considered necessary.

Many Thanks,
Yours sincerely,
Eleanor Shaikh

Information Rights Team, Post Office Limited

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Dear Eleanor Shaikh,

Thank you for your recent email regarding the outcome to your request.
Please find attached our response to that email.

Yours sincerely,
David Sinclair