Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 16 April 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Post Office Branches classified as having community status (a) have been closed, (b) are operated by a temporary Sub Postmaster, and (c) are operated through an outreach service in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland, and (iv) each region of England.
The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.
While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. The management of the Post Office network, including Post Office community status branches, is an operational matter for Post Office Limited. I have therefore as ked Alisdair Cameron, the Group Interim Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
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