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Post Offices: Rural Areas

Asked by Stuart AndersonConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 29 October 2024UIN 9946

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) availability and (b) affordability of Post Office services in rural areas.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

To help ensure that there are affordable post office services in rural areas, the government provides an annual £50m network subsidy to support the delivery of both a minimum number of branches and strong geographical spread of branches in line with published access criteria.

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