Subpostmaster Pay 2020-21
Dear Post Office Limited,
For the year ending April 2021 can you say how many branches earned less than£23,200.How many earned less than £17,000.How many Branches did POL have in the network in April 2021 and what was the number of each type,local,mains ,DMB etc?
Yours faithfully,
John O'Sullivan
Our ref: FOI2021/00855
Dear Mr O'Sullivan,
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 24th
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 22nd
October.
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
Dear John O'Sullivan,
Please find attached the response relating to your Freedom of Information
request.
Regards,
Liesl Jackson
Information Rights Team
Ground Floor
Finsbury Dials
20 Finsbury Street
London
EC2Y 9AQ
Dear Information Rights Team,
Thank you for your reply.Can you say why this request is being treated differently to – FOI2021/00119 which asked for details of Branch numbers and was simply answered?
Yours sincerely,
john o'sullivan
Good afternoon John,
Post Office continually reviews the way in which it responds to FOI requests; we appreciate that we provided this information to you back in March even though we were aware that the annual network report had just been published on our website. In this instance we determined that the most appropriate response was to direct you to the published figures and make you aware that these are done on an annual basis.
Kind regards
Jackie
Information Rights
Data Protection and Information Rights Team
Finsbury Dials, 20 Finsbury Street
London, EC2Y 9AQ
[Post Office request email]
Dear information.rights,
Thank you for your reply. I don't understand your argument, you appear to be saying we answered your request in March because we wanted to and have turned this one down because we didnt want to reply. Do you not have a standard reply template (similar to SPM welcome pack/contract supplied on first day of service) that all FOI staff refer to. The issue of Branch numbers is too important to be revealed once a year., Aside from an obligation to HMG to provide 11500 branches SPM are desperate for news about the Network. I have mentioned before that I wish the NFSP would ask you these questions but they are busy in other areas. SPM need to know if their Branch type is an endangerd species-is the Business model broken? .Real time numbers will help. If the decision not to answer was based on legal advice can you say what that advice was? Can you further confirm your current interpretation of the FOI Act permits you not to answer if the information will be available in the next year or so?
Yours sincerely,
john o'sullivan
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