Written questions

Postal Services: Ashfield

Commons · Question 17881 · Tabled 4 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that residents of Ashfield constituency are able to access essential postal services.

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 12 Dec 2024

The Government provides an annual £50m Network Subsidy funding to support the delivery of a minimum number of Post Office branches and a geographical spread of these branches in line with published access criteria. This requires 99% of the UK population t...