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identifier	40136
min question first answered	2016-06-15T07:43:29.867Z
date tabled	2016-06-09
max question first answered	2018-11-19T13:00:02.12Z

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524193

registered interest

date

09/06/2016

answering body

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

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Business, Innovation and Skills

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Business, Innovation and Skills

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Post Offices: Scotland

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) businesses and (b) local communities in Scotland of the decision to allow the closure of Post Office branches in Scotland and their replacement by franchises.

tabling member constituency

Edinburgh South

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Ian Murray

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40136

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/06/2016

answer text

Post Office Limited runs and operates its directly managed Crown post offices. Changes to its network and proposals to franchise of some of its Crown branches are the operational responsibility of the Post Office. The Post Office’s proposals for franchising some of its Crown branches are part of its work to ensure its branch network is sustainable in the long term and ensure that Post Office services remain on our high streets across the country. The change from a Crown to a franchise branch has been undertaken successfully in many locations across the UK and helps sustain Post Office services in these locations, and each change is subject to local consultation. Over 97% of the UK’s post office network is run on a franchise or agency basis.

answering member constituency

Mid Norfolk

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George Freeman

grouped question UIN

40139

question first answered

15/06/2016 08:39:17

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4020

label	Biography information for George Freeman

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3966

label	Biography information for Ian Murray