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Witness Statement
(CJ Act 1967, s9; MC Act 1980, ss 5A(3)(a)
and 5B, MC Rules 1981, r 70)
Statement of Beatrice Neneh Lowther
Age if under 18 Over 18 (If over 18 insert ‘over 18')
This statement (consisting of 07 pages each signed by me) is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief and I make it knowing that, if it is tendered in evidence, I shall be liable to prosecution if I have
wilfully stated in it anything which I know to be false or do not believe true.
Dated the 3rd day of October 2005
Signature
I have been employed by Fujitsu Services, Post Office Account, formally
ICL Pathway Ltd., since 9" June 2003 an Information Technology (IT)
Security Analyst responsible for audit data extractions and IT Security. I
have working knowledge of the computer system known as Horizon, which
is a computerised accounting system used by Post Office Ltd. I am
authorised by Fujitsu Services to undertake extractions of audit data held
on the Horizon system and to obtain information regarding system
transaction information processed on the Horizon system.
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are accounte
The Post Office counter processing functions are provided through a series
of counter applications: the Order Book Control Service (OBCS) is one of
these applications and it ascertains the validity of DWP order books before
payment is made. The counter desktop service and the office platform
service on which it runs provides various common functions for transaction
recording and settlement as well as user access control and session
management.
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All OBCS transactions are normally initiated by scanning in the barcode
from the Order Book. Each Order Book is associated with a National
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Insurance Number (NINO) which identifies the person to whom the Order
Book has been (or is about to be) issued. The Horizon Central database
maintains a list of every Post Office outlet at which that NINO has been
used by the OBCS application. This information is also held in the local
outlet database. All information received from DWP associated with
withdrawn or stopped Order Books is passed to all branches at which the
associated NINO has been used (if any). If an OBCS transaction is carried
out in an outlet and the NINO associated with the Order Book is not found
in the local database, an enquiry is made to the Central database as to the
state of all Order Books associated with the NINO. That outlet is then
registered as being associated with that NINO for all future Order Book
control information. Thus over a period of time a number of branches
become associated with each NINO. If the NINO is not found in the local
system the enquiry for OBCS information associated with that NINO is
carried out in real time. Such an enquiry will only happen once for any
NINO in a given outlet. All other OBCS transactions are batch.
Post Office outlets are identified by Post Office Ltd with a FAD Code.
These identifiers are passed from Post Office Ltd to Horizon when a
Branch is first Opened (or migrated to Horizon in many cases). When a
Branch is first opened (or migrated to Horizon), Post Office defines the
number of Counter Positions required (including any Back Office
positions). These are then allocated Counter positions from 1 (which is the
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gateway counter used to communicate to the Data Centre) up to the
number of counters. The Counter position is fixed and is associated with a
Physical terminal when it is installed in an outlet.
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