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What happens to a letter you send LEAT

Updated 07 Sep 2026

Every letter, email and document LEAT receives is registered, given a reference and assigned to a named person.

The reference

You will be given a reference like LEAT/INC/2026/0042. Quote it in anything that follows.

References are never reused. If a registration is cancelled it keeps its number and a note saying why, so two letters can never answer to one reference.

Who has it

One person is accountable for each item. Not a team and not an inbox. If a deadline is missed it is escalated to a manager, which alerts somebody rather than handing your letter to them.

About dates

LEAT records two dates: when your letter actually arrived, and when it was entered into the system. If post is entered a few days after it arrived, the record says so.

This matters if a deadline turns on when something was received. The record will not pretend the entry date is the arrival date.

If you do not hear back

Quote your reference. Every registered item has an owner and a state, so somebody can tell you where it is rather than guessing.

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