Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 9946

Post Offices: Rural Areas

Tabled: 18 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

Stuart Anderson

Conservative — South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) availability and (b) affordability of Post Office services in rural areas.

Answer

Gareth Thomas
To help ensure that there are affordable post office services in rural areas, the government provides an annual £50m network subsidy to support the delivery of both a minimum number of branches and strong geographical spread of branches in line with publi...
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