Horizon Historic Shortfall Scheme

The request was refused by Post Office Limited.

Dear Post Office Limited,
What date was the first payment made under this scheme?How many payments have been made under this scheme?How many claims have been rejected under this scheme?How many claims are yet to be decided under this scheme?What are the cash values of individual payments made under the scheme?Have SPM who have been deemed to be owed money under the scheme been aske to sign NDA?Can SPM who have been unsuccessful in the sceme appeal against the decision or ask for the reasons behind the decision?

Yours faithfully,

John Osullivan

Jackie Lawrence, Post Office Limited

Our ref: FOI2021/00034

Dear John O'Sullivan,

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 22nd
January. 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 19th
February.

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,

Jackie Lawrence

Information Rights Team

Finsbury Dials

20 Finsbury Street

London

EC2Y 9AQ

Information Rights Team, Post Office Limited

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Dear John O'Sullivan

Please find an update attached relating to your Freedom of Information
request.

Regards

Jackie Lawrence

Information Rights Team

20 Finsbury Street

London

EC2Y 9AQ

Dear Information Rights Team,I got this reply from POL FOI team
At present our view is that your request falls within the scope of the qualified exemption
under section 43(2) FOIA. As permitted by section 10 FOIA, Post Office Limited (“Post
Office”) requires further time to consider the public interest test in relation to this
exemption. In accordance with paragraph 4.6 of the Code of Practice, Post Office
considers a 20 working day extension would be appropriate at this stage and will
therefore aim to respond to you by 19 March 2021.

Yours sincerely,

john o'sullivan

Information Rights Team, Post Office Limited

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Dear John O'Sullivan,

Please find the response attached to your Freedom of Information request.

Regards,

Jackie Lawrence

Information Rights Team

Ground Floor

Finsbury Dials

20 Finsbury Street

London EC2Y 9AQ

Dear Information Rights Team,
Thank you for your reply and answers to some of the points raised.I notice today 19th March some SPM who wrongfully had money taken from them for "Horizon losses"have received offers of settlement.Is it the case that this money is from the Government rather than POL?in that case surely a spend of the public purse needs some detail?.Sir Wynn through the Horizon Inquiry is desperate for proof that POL has learned and moved on from the dark days of accusing a High Court Judge of bias.These are some things he is looking into B: Build upon the findings of Mr Justice Fraser, by obtaining all available relevant evidence from Post Office Ltd, Fujitsu and BEIS to establish a clear account of the implementation and failings of Horizon over its lifecycle;

C: Assess whether Post Office Ltd has learned the lessons from the criticisms made by Mr Justice Fraser in the “Common Issues” and “Horizon Issues” trials and those identified by affected postmasters and has delivered or made good progress on the organisational and cultural changes necessary to ensure a similar case does not happen in the future;

D: Assess whether the commitments made by Post Office Ltd within the mediation settlement – including the historical shortfall scheme – have been properly delivered;
Surely publishing as much information as possible can only help POL demonstrate to wronged SPM,individuals conducting Inquiries,the media etc that you have changed?

Yours sincerely,

john o'sullivan

Information Rights Team, Post Office Limited

Our ref: FOI2021/00223

Dear Mr O'Sullivan,

Thank you for your request for information which was received on 19th
March. 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 20th
April.

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,

Jackie Lawrence

Information Rights Team

Finsbury Dials

20 Finsbury Street

London

EC2Y 9AQ

Information Rights Team, Post Office Limited

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Dear Mr O'Sullivan,

Please find the response attached relating to your Freedom of Information
request.

Regards,

Jackie Lawrence

Information Rights Team

Ground Floor

Finsbury Dials

20 Finsbury Street

London EC2Y 9AQ

Dear Information Rights Team,
Thank you for a reply.There are 8000 subpostmasters,if only a quarter of them have a question of POL that is two thousand questions.We have an on-line forum were many matters are discussed,Callum has had to stop posting which leaves FOI requests from yourselves as a way of getting information.As I have an account with What do they Know it was felt I could ask the questions on behalf of the group.If the NFSP cant or wont answer questions how can SPM get answers.we havent seen our ASM in over a year.I hope you are able to answer some of our questions,

Yours sincerely,

john o'sullivan