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Post Office: Public Consultation

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 27 October 2025UIN 83767

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many responses his Department has received to the his Department's consultation on the Green Paper: Future of the Post Office, which closed on 6 October 2025.

Answered by Blair McDougall

We received over 2,500 responses to the Government’s Green Paper on the future of the Post Office, from a wide range of individuals, postmasters, businesses and organisations. We are currently analysing all the responses received and will include further details and an exact number in the Government’s response.

Government plans to publish a response to the Green Paper consultation in early 2026.

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