Question follow-through · 10467

Banks and Post Offices: North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Trade what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the geographical accessibility of (a) Post Offices (b) bank branches in North East Hampshire constituency.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
18 Jun 2026
Answer
22 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Trade what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the geographical accessibility of (a) Post Offices (b) bank branches in North East Hampshire constituency.

  2. 18 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    My Department conducted social value research into the most frequent users of Post Office services to inform the Green Paper on the Future of the Post Office, published last year. The research found that frequent users are more likely to be older, live in...

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