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687155

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date	08/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on the post office network which closed on 21 December 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	63638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The recent consultation on the Post Office network received over 31,000 responses. This compares with 2,500 responses to the last consultation in 2007. The Government is reviewing the detailed issues raised in these responses and expects to be in a position to publish a response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/02/2017 11:25:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

687157

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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
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 continued financial viability of the Post Office network; and whether he plans to change the level of funding provided to that network.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	63673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department regularly engages with the Post Office on issues affecting the network including on the levels of investment, its overall profitability and financial stability of the business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects the Post Office to continue to need funding beyond 2018, and we are currently working with Post Office Limited to evaluate its future strategy and establish appropriate funding levels.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/02/2017 11:27:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

687159

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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: Bank Services
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 trends in the level of use of Post Office branches for banking.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	63633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of post offices to communities across the UK and understands that they are an important option for customers and small businesses to access a range of financial, mails and Government services. The Post Office estimates that it processed over 110 million banking transactions last year - a six per cent increase on the previous year.</p><p> </p><p>Last month, a new industry wide agreement between the Post Office and UK banks came into effect which means that 99 per cent of UK personal bank customers and over 75 per cent of business customers are now able to do their day-to-day banking at the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/02/2017 11:23:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

686267

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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 Office
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 discussions he has had with the Post Office on the level of government investment in the Post Office and its profitability.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	63336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regularly engages with the Post Office on issues affecting the network including on the levels of investment, its overall profitability and thus sustainability. During the period 2010 to 2018, nearly £2bn of Government investment will have been provided to help maintain and protect a network of at least 11,500 post offices across the country with coverage in line with national access criteria, and to invest in modernisation and transformation of that network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/02/2017 10:11:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare