Question follow-through · 14201

Post Offices: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) help prevent Post Office closures in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Bangor, North Down and (b) ensure continued access to (A) postal and (B) banking services in impacted

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
22 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) help prevent Post Office closures in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) Bangor, North Down and (b) ensure continued access to (A) postal and (B) banking services in impacted

  2. 18 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Government provides an annual £50m Network Subsidy funding to support the delivery of a minimum number of branches and a geographical spread of branches in line with published access criteria. The access criteria ensure that however the network changes, P...

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