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. The distribution of branches is an operational matter of commercial judgement for Post Office management team. 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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-10T17:50:39.543Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Post Offices"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of the network of 11,500 post offices are currently suspended.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Cardiff Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"} ], "uin" : "198865"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1019850", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1019850/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data about higher education (HE) in the UK.<\/p>
Information on the term-time accommodation arrangements of entrants to full-time undergraduate study at UK HE institutions in the academic year 2016/17 has been provided in the table, and shows that 60% of entrants lived in accommodation other than provider-maintained properties. Provider-maintained property refers to residences owned by the institution returning data.<\/p>
Full-time undergraduate entrants by term-time accommodation type<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> UK HE Institutions<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Academic Year 2016/17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Term-time accommodation type<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Number of entrants<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Share of entrants (%)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Provider maintained property<\/p><\/td> 213,535<\/p><\/td> 40%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Parental/guardian home<\/p><\/td> 110,645<\/p><\/td> 21%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Own residence<\/p><\/td> 75,080<\/p><\/td> 14%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Private-sector halls<\/p><\/td> 59,895<\/p><\/td> 11%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other rented accommodation<\/p><\/td> 50,225<\/p><\/td> 9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other<\/p><\/td> 12,600<\/p><\/td> 2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Not known<\/p><\/td> 12,645<\/p><\/td> 2%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Not in attendance at the provider<\/p><\/td> 540<\/p><\/td> 0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Missing<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 535,185<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 100% <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Department for Education analysis of the HESA Student Record<\/p> Notes<\/p> 1. Percentages are rounded to nearest whole number.<\/p> 2. All figures are rounded to the nearest multiple of five.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of first-year undergraduates who do not live in accommodation sponsored by their university.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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