To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices and sub-post offices there are in each Suffolk constituency; and how many of them transact more than 40 per cent. of their work from paying benefits and pensions. [108626]

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) on 9 January 2003, Official Report, column 299W.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices and sub-post offices there were in Suffolk in each year since 1996. [108629]

I understand from Post Office Ltd. that historic data on the post office network are not held on a county basis, as the company does not require these data for operational reasons.