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date	06/03/2019
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: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Post Office branches have closed in (a) North West Durham constituency, (b)the North East and (c) the UK since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	229235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government values and recognises the important role that the Post Office plays in North West Durham and other communities across the North East and the UK. This is why we committed in our 2017 Manifesto to safeguard the Post Office network and protect existing rural services. This strategy, backed by Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010, has delivered a branch network that is at its most stable and accessible in decades, with over 11,500 branches.</p><p> </p><p>The Post Office reports annually on the size and shape of the network; the most recent report can be found at <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcorporate.postoffice.co.uk%2Fmodernising-post-office&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPhil.Bennett%40beis.gov.uk%7C69422bc3d53f4714c4bc08d6a317e606%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636875720366755680&amp;sdata=3v0%2FvgCfqZP35RoHDpJ1fJY7GNn5fWdZFDKV9h2Ib9s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/modernising-post-office</a>. The report shows the number of branches in the network so that the change can be seen year on</p><p>year.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is set out below. The vast majority of the Post Office network is operated on an agency/franchise basis with branches located in retail premises. The figures show the number of Directly Managed Branches operated by the Post Office and the number of Agency branches.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of open post offices in 2010 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directly Managed Branches </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency branches </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total branches </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Durham Constituency</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Government Office Region</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>481</p></td><td><p>491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>11532</p></td><td><p>11905</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of open post offices in 2018 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Directly Managed Branches </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Agency branches </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total branches </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Durham Constituency</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Government Office Region</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>484</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>11285</p></td><td><p>11547</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Post Office Limited</em></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 229240 question first answered 13/03/2019 17:36:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 106908 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1059742

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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: Closures
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 assessment he has made of the effect of (a) Post Office and (b) Crown Post Office closures on the local economy in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	220235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The management of the Post Office network is an operational matter for the Post Office Limited who are responsible for maintaining the network of branches and achieving the accessibility criteria set by Government. The Post Office does not have a branch closure programme, rather they are franchising branches to ensure services remain in communities and are actively looking for areas of the country where there is a demand for Post Office services, with over 350 local branches opened since April 2017 in new locations. Branches can sometimes close for reasons beyond the Post Office’s control and when this happens the Post Office seeks to restore services for the communities affected.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/02/2019 16:13:19 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 102489 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty