http://oe.cd/msti<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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<\/p>
While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. Franchising is an operational matter for the Post Office. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.<\/p>"}
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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>
While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. Franchising is an operational matter for the Post Office. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.<\/p>"}
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The Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office and allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business.\u202f\u202fThis strategy, backed by Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010,\u202fhas\u202fdelivered a branch network that is at its most stable and accessible in decades, with over 11,500 branches and 99.7% of the UK population living within 3 miles of their nearest branch. \u202fThis investment\u202fin the\u202fPost Office\u202fhas also led to\u202fother\u202fbenefits to the consumer including\u202fan extra 200,000 opening hours per week and over 7,500 modernised branches.<\/p>
There is no Post Office closure or privatisation programme and the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy has not received any representations on the franchising of the Post Office in Luton. The Post Office ran a 6-week public consultation from 24 October 2018 to 5 December 2018 and will write to locally elected representatives, Consumer Advocacy Bodies and respondents to the consultation on its decisions and plans.<\/p>"}
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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>
While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. There is no post office closure programme in Luton or across the UK, however, post offices are being franchised and this is an operational matter for the Post Office. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.<\/p>"}
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Ofgem Licence Conditions currently require energy supply companies to provide their customers with a notification, no earlier than 49 days and no later than 42 days before the end of their fixed term contract is due to end.<\/p>
<\/p>
From 11 February 2019 this rule will be one of many, replaced by principles-based rules on customer communications that will provide flexibility on when notifications can be sent. These principles will require suppliers to send notices before the end of a fixed term deal at a time designed to prompt customers to take action, while also leaving reasonable time for the customer to make an informed choice about the tariff options available.<\/p>
<\/p>
More information on these changes can be found online at: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/final-decision-domestic-supplier-customer-communications-rulebook-reforms<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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The Government is committed to keeping energy costs as low as possible. The Levy Control Framework will not be renewed (as a budgetary framework) after it expires in 2020/21. It will be replaced by the Control for Low Carbon Levies (\u201cthe Control\u201d), which was announced at the Autumn Budget in 2017. The Control covers all existing and new low carbon electricity levies and will monitor the total cost of these schemes. In order to protect consumers, the government will not introduce new low carbon electricity levies until the burden of such costs is falling. On the basis of the current forecast, this means that there will be no new low carbon electricity levies until 2025. All existing contracts and commitments will be respected, including up to £557 million for further Contracts for Difference. The Control does not rule out future support for any technology.<\/p>"}
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The Government is committed to investing £170m through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund in the Transforming Construction: Manufacturing Better Buildings programme. This includes funding of £72m for activities undertaken in the Core Innovation Hub, a consortium of the Centre for Digital Built Britain, the Manufacturing Technology Centre and the Building Research Establishment - working across Coventry, Cambridge and Watford. We have also committed £36m funding for the Active Building Centre in Swansea to develop building materials that can generate power from light and heat; and a further £59m for Construction R&D and Research Programmes. Industry will align an estimated £250m of investment for these initiatives, as part of the sector deal.<\/p>
<\/p>
The deal also includes our commitment to carry out the recommendations of the CITB review to support skills development, by creating new apprenticeship standards and increase the number of apprenticeships starts to 25,000 pa by 2020.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government is committed to publishing annual reports on progress against the commitments made in the Sector Deal.<\/p>"}
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