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	registered interest
	date	12/03/2020
	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	WH Smith: 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 assessment his Department has made of potential effect of WH Smith's profit warning on the sustainability of Post Office branches in WH Smith's premises.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	28684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 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>WHSmith have issued a profit warning in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. The Chancellor announced at the Budget a package of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support businesses through this period of disruption caused by Covid-19. Post Office Limited is in conversation with WHSmith and all other retail partners on a regular basis including discussions around contingency planning and cost control.</p><p> </p><p>This government will continue to monitor and communicate with Post Office Limited as the situation with Covid-19 develops.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/03/2020 17:12:11 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 13018 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

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	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	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: Access
	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 progress his Department has made on meeting Post Office Access Criteria that (a) 90 per cent of the population are within one mile of the nearest Post Office branch and (b) 99 per cent of the population are within three miles of the nearest Post Office branch.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	49173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>POL operates the largest and most dispersed retail network in the UK, with more than 11,500 branches offering a portfolio of services across: mails &amp; parcels, cash &amp; banking, financial services, identity and telecoms markets.</p><p> </p><p>Apart from during the pandemic when agreed waivers were in place, since 2013/14 Post Office has consistently met the access criteria and remains committed to meeting the access criteria and minimum branch numbers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/09/2021 16:48:31 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 22420 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows