Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 53674

Postal Services: Rural Areas

Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 2 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Transport on the adequacy of access to postal services in rural areas where (a) post office branches have recently closed and (b) postal ou

Answer

Gareth Thomas
The Government protects the sustainability of the Post Office branch network, including in North Shropshire and across the rural network, providing funding stipulating that Post Office meets its minimum access criteria ensuring 99% of the population live ...
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