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<p>The Home Office has worked with Post Office Limited and the education sector to
review the proposed branch collection network ahead of the 2015-16 academic year.
Particular concerns have been to identify ‘hotspots’, and to identify universities
which are relatively remote from their nearest collection branch.</p><p>The Home Office
has offered the largest universities the option of having BRPs delivered to them,
rather than requiring each student to attend a Post Office branch to collect in person.
Universities operating this process must have appropriate security arrangements in
place for bulk storage of BRPs and only use approved staff to perform the identity
verification activity that would have been performed in branch by Post Office staff.</p><p>The
Home Office has also reviewed with the Post Office and the school sector the best
approach for child students, who require a responsible adult to supervise their collection
at the Post Office. As a result, we have introduced a Third Party Standing Authority
process which allows named school staff to collect BRP on behalf of their students,
significantly reducing the administrative burden on the school and removing the need
to transport pupils to and from the Post Office branch.</p>
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