Question follow-through · 53241
Post Offices: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the access criteria for Post Office services for rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 19 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the access criteria for Post Office services for rural areas.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
Government sets Post Office access criteria, ensuring that nationally, 99% of people live within three miles of their nearest branch, with further specific criteria for rural areas. These ensure that Post Office delivers essential services, including bank...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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