Question follow-through · 53676
Postal Services: North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve access to postal services in North Shropshire constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve access to postal services in North Shropshire constituency.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government protects the sustainability of the Post Office branch network, including in North Shropshire and across the rural network, providing funding stipulating that Post Office meets its minimum access criteria ensuring 99% of the population live ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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