John O'Sullivan
Date
29 August 2024
Post Office
100 Wood Street
request-1156174-
London EC2V 9ER
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Your Ref:
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Public
Dear John O'Sullivan,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI2024/01110
We are writing in response to your email received by Post Office Limited (“
Post
Office”) on 8 August, 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 verbatim in bold below:
“
"From 5th August the team formerly known as Post Office Security was
renamed to Network Crime & Risk Support Team.
The names change wil reflect more accurately what the team does."Wil this
team employ any auditors or investigators?
If yes what are the job descriptions but if no what types of work wil be
undertaken and how is it so described?”
We can confirm that Post Office does hold the information you have requested.
The Network Crime & Risk Support Team (“
NC&RS”) do not employ any auditors or
investigators and is not involved with any investigations or audits of branches.
The NC&RS focus is on helping and supporting postmasters, branches and its
Strategic Partners understand the external crime risks that are prevalent, and by
helping postmasters mitigate and avoid any potential crime. NC&RS ensure we have
the right crime reduction mitigations in place to reduce any inherent risks to our
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Post Office Limited is registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 2154540.
Registered Office 100 Wood Street, London WC2V 7ER
postoffice.co.uk
Post Office and the Post Office logo are registered trade marks of Post Office Limited.
network. Additionally, the NC&RS team help to educate Post Office branches on
how to avoid potential risks from external criminal activity.
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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