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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-02-21more like thismore than 2024-02-21
answering body
Department for Business and Trade more like this
answering dept id 214 more like this
answering dept short name Business and Trade more like this
answering dept sort name Business and Trade more like this
hansard heading Post Offices: Rural Areas remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a Post Office access target for outreach mobile services in rural communities. more like this
tabling member constituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd remove filter
tabling member printed
Liz Saville Roberts more like this
uin 15123 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-02-26more like thismore than 2024-02-26
answer text <p>The Post Office operates as a commercial business and the company has the freedom to deliver the branch network within the parameters we set. The Government-set Access Criteria ensures that services remain within local reach of all citizens, including rural communities.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>​</strong>Providing outreach services is a measure that Post Office takes to ensure communities have the access they require to Post Office products and services, particularly in local areas where permanent solutions are not always possible due to lack of premises or retailers. In these communities, outreach branches ensure customers are not left behind and can continue to access the Post Office services on which they rely.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton more like this
answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-02-26T16:24:07.997Zmore like thismore than 2024-02-26T16:24:07.997Z
answering member
4474
label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake more like this
tabling member
4521
label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts more like this