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Post Offices

Volume 454: debated on Thursday 14 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) post offices and (b) sub-post offices (i) opened and (ii) closed in (A) Somerset and (B) the UK in each of the last 10 years. (109009)

The question the hon. Member has asked relates to operational matters for which Post Office Limited (POL) is directly responsible.

Information is available from the Libraries of the House. I have, however referred the request for information to Alan Cook, Managing Director of POL, for a direct and substantive reply to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices in (a) York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) the United Kingdom conduct, on average, less than (i) 10, (ii) 50, (iii) 100, (iv) 200 and (v) 500 transactions a week; and how many conducted over 500 transactions per week. (109175)

This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. Alan Cook, the managing director, has been asked to reply directly to the hon. Member.