Tim Bush
Date
2 November 2023
Post Office
100 Wood Street
request-1038978-
London EC2V 9ER
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Your Ref:
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Public
Dear Tim Bush,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI2023/00609
We are writing in response to your email received by Post Office Limited (“
Post
Office”) on 18 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:
“
An FOI request number IR2023/00434 was rejected on cost grounds in the
initial response to that request, despite a Parliamentary Committee having being
told that what I requested already existed as a 'specific piece of work'.
I request information regarding the cost to date of lawyers in dealing with this
case, including the cost of any third party lawyers.”
We can confirm that Post Office does not hold the information you have requested.
We have interpreted the term “this case” in your request to mean the internal
review request received on 21 July 2023, reference IR2023/00434, and the original
FOI request received on 21 June 2023, reference FOI2023/00356.
No costs have been incurred to date by lawyers, including ‘third-party lawyers’, in
responding to either your initial Freedom of Information Act request FOI2023/00356
or your Internal Review IR2023/00434.
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Post Office Limited is registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 2154540.
Registered Office 100 Wood Street, London WC2V 7ER
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Post Office and the Post Office logo are registered trade marks of Post Office Limited.
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 above within
40 working days of receipt of this response stating your reasons for your internal
review request or alternatively, by emailing
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx.
If, having requested an internal review by Post Office, you are still 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
www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints
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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