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Post Offices: Closures

Volume 468: debated on Monday 26 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make a statement on the proposed closure of Lancelyn Court Post Office. (166766)

The Government do not have a role in proposals or decisions for individual post offices and final decisions on which post offices will close will be taken by Post Office Ltd. (POL) in light of the responses received to the area consultations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many responses have been received to the six-week consultation over proposed post office closures in East Essex and Suffolk. (167505)

This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. I have therefore asked Alan Cook, managing director of POL, to reply direct to the hon. Member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many submissions from (a) the general public, (b) local authorities and (c) others he received on each post office in Nottinghamshire in response to the recent consultation on post office closures. (168180)

This is an operational matter for Post Office Ltd (POL). I have therefore asked Alan Cook, Managing Director of POL, to reply direct to the hon. Member.