To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many post office branches have closed in each (a) constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) region (i) since 1997 and (ii) under the Network Change programme to date. (262695)

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.

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