Question follow-through · 48195
Post Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for consulting on the long term future of the Post Office.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 30 Apr 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for consulting on the long term future of the Post Office.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
We will publish a Green Paper later this year which will set out proposals for discussion on the future direction of the Post Office.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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