Ministers criticised for sale of postcode database

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Ministers criticised for sale of postcode database

17 March 2014, 07:06

A cross-party group of MPs has criticised the government for including a valuable database of postcodes in the flotation of the Royal Mail.

The Commons Public Administration Committee said the Postcode Address File (PAF) was a national asset and should not have been included in last year's privatisation.

It includes all known postal addresses in the UK with 1.8 million postcodes.

More---> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26605375

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