Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 51118
Post Offices: Franchises
Tabled: 9 May 2025
Answered: 15 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Neil Coyle
Labour — Bermondsey and Old Southwark
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the proposed network subsidy to the Post Office could be used to support Post Offices with rental costs as they become franchises.
Answer
Gareth ThomasThe Government provides a network subsidy so that Post Office can cover the costs of delivering Government policy requirements, which include geographical access criteria. In order to fulfil the access criteria, Post Office has to keep uncommercial branch...
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