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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department takes steps to monitor the availability of post offices for local communities; and if he will make a statement.

The Post Office reports annually on the accessibility of post offices. The Post Office’s 2015/16 report was laid in Parliament on Monday 20 February and can be accessed from the Post Office’s website: http://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/sites/default/files/networkreport2016.pdf. The report shows that over 92% of the UK population live within one mile of a post office and over 99% within three miles.