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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will hold discussions with relevant stakeholders on the reasons for the removal of the ATM from North Harrow Post Office; and if he will make a statement.

The management of the Post Office network, including the provision for ATMs, is an operational responsibility for Post Office Ltd. It would therefore not be appropriate for Government to comment on ATM provision at individual branches.

ATMs that have been removed from the Post Office network are owned and operated by the Bank of Ireland.

Post Office agreed to take over and operate 1,411 ATMs from the Bank of Ireland and are currently in the process of migrating the Bank of Ireland ATMs onto the Post Office network.