Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 12 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage and support community-run post offices.
There are already many community operated post offices in a range of urban and rural locations, and these community post offices show how a mutual model is already working well at the local level. The Government are currently consulting on proposals that could, in time, see Post Office Ltd converted to a mutual structure. Mutual ownership could give community representatives a direct say in how Post Office Ltd is run.
The management of Post Office Ltd ensures that strict access criteria, which see over 99% of the national population live within three miles of a post office, are met. It does this by managing contractual relationships between the company and local sub-postmasters across the country, including many who operate community-run post offices.
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