despatch box

English

Noun

despatch box (plural despatch boxes)

1. Alternative spelling of dispatch box
   • 2011 March 1, “FOI [Freedom of Information] Release: Red Boxes”, in Government of the United Kingdom‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 February 2022:

     Ministers are permitted to use ordinary lockable briefcases to transport information which has been classified 'Confidential' or below. For information with a higher security level (such as 'Secret') they are required to use dispatch boxes, which offer a higher level of security, and which are usually red. However a travel version of the despatch box is also available in black, which offers the same level of security as a red despatch box, but is designed to be less conspicuous. In practice Ministers use despatch boxes for transporting the majority of their documents due to the greater level of security they offer.