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Returned letters guidance for UI and API #5308

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Expand Up @@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ <h2 id="letters" class="heading-medium">Letters</h2>
<p class="govuk-body">First class letters are delivered one day after they’re dispatched. Second class letters are delivered 2 days after they’re dispatched. Royal Mail delivers from Monday to Saturday, excluding bank holidays.</p>
<p class="govuk-body">Letters to Europe are delivered 3 to 5 days after they’re dispatched. Letters sent anywhere else in the world take 5 to 7 days to arrive.</p>

<h3 id="returned-mail" class="heading-small">Undelivered letters and returned mail</h3>
<p class="govuk-body">Every letter we send includes our printer’s address on the back of the envelope. It’s not possible to customise the return address.</p>
<p class="govuk-body">Returned mail is destroyed by our printer.</p>
<p class="govuk-body">Each letter has a unique ID. Our printer sends us the ID of every letter they destroy. We’ll contact you if the IDs match any of your letters. This is a partly manual process, so it can take a few weeks.</p>
<h3 id="returned-mail" class="heading-small">Returned letters</h3>
<p class="govuk-body">Every letter we send includes our print provider's address on the back of the envelope. It’s not possible to customise the return address.</p>
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<p class="govuk-body">Undelivered letters are returned to our print provider and are destroyed.</p>
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<p class="govuk-body">A returned letters report is available on the dashboard. Use this report to help identify the letters returned.</p>
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<p class="govuk-body">If you’re using the Notify API, you can automate identifying the returned letters. Follow the instructions in our <a class="govuk-link govuk-link--no-visited-state"
href="https://www.notifications.service.gov.uk/using-notify/api-documentation">API documentation</a>.</p>
<p class="govuk-body">You’ll need a developer on your team to set this up for you.</p>
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