Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when officials of his Department last met representatives of the Post Office to discuss the provision of local post offices.

The location and provision of individual post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited; the company manages that and oversees the network.

Departmental officials meet regularly with Post Office Limited to discuss a wide range of matters affecting the network, and this will include its provision of post offices across the country.