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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Subpostmaster Pay Review will include provisions for the Sub Postmaster to be paid for annual leave to conform with the Working Time Regulations.

The aim of this review is to carry out a comprehensive assessment of postmasters’ remuneration from post office products and identify products and services that could see an increase in the variable fees paid to postmasters.

Government is committed to ensuring that running a post office is attractive and sustainable for postmasters, who are self-employed, independent business owners. By virtue of their self-employed status, annual leave entitlements and the Working Time Regulations do not apply.