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1519449

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date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the viability of the Post Office Network.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	60006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Since 2011/12, the Government has provided over £2.5 billion in funding to support the Post Office network and is providing a further £335 million for the Post Office over the next three years. Since 2019 the annual network subsidy, which helps to ensure the viability of rural and community branches, has been maintained at £50 million a year and will remain at the same level until 2025.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 17/10/2022 10:09:56 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1519451

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with the National Federation of Subpostmasters on pay.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	60008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The then minister overseeing Postal Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Sutton and Cheam, attended the National Federation of SubPostmasters conference in May where he heard directly from postmasters about the issues around remuneration.</p><p> </p><p>Although this is an operational matter for Post Office, I recognise how critical these issues are for postmasters and the future of the network and the Department will continue an open dialogue with the Post Office to assess what action can be taken.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 60005 60007 question first answered 17/10/2022 10:09:17 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden