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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant the Answer of 16 April 2019 to Question 242042 on Post Office: ICT, what plans he has to change the strategic parameters set by the Government.

The Government requires the Post Office to maintain a national network of branches meeting minimum access criteria and delivering minimum services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches and with 99.7% of the population living within three miles of their nearest branch. There are no plans to change these strategic parameters, which received widespread public support in a 2017 consultation. ICT and the costs of running its business are operational matters for Post Office.