Question follow-through · 126701

Post Offices: Stockport

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many post office branches have (a) opened and (b) closed in Stockport constituency since 2016.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
15 Apr 2026
Answer
27 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many post office branches have (a) opened and (b) closed in Stockport constituency since 2016.

  2. 15 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt. Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 13th April is attached.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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