Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 113848
Post Offices: Rural Areas
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Question
Stuart Anderson
Conservative — South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the sustainability of post office services in rural areas.
Answer
Blair McDougallAs announced in the Government’s recent response to the Green Paper, we are protecting the sustainability of the Post Office network by retaining the minimum 11,500 branches and keeping all geographical Access Criteria. This will ensure that communities a...
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