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<p>As required under Section 11 of the Postal Services Act 2011, the Secretary of
State lays a report before Parliament providing details of Post Office Ltd’s network.
The most recent of these reports was laid in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>These annual
network reports show the following:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial
Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total network size</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rural
network size</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% rural network</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>11,820</p></td><td><p>6,469</p></td><td><p>54.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>11,696</p></td><td><p>6,362</p></td><td><p>54.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>In 2010 this Government made a clear commitment to end the closure
programmes of the previous administration. Since 2010 we have committed nearly £2
billion to maintain, modernise and protect the Post Office network, and these figures
show that the size of the network is at its most stable for a generation.</p><p> </p>
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