§ 13. Mr. Moreasked the Posmaster-General how many sub-post offices have been closed in Shropshire in the last five 996 years; how many new sub-post offices have been opened; and if he will give an estimate of the profit or loss which has resulted to the Post Office therefrom.
§ Miss PikeSix, including one at a former R.A.F. station, have been closed and four new ones opened. We expect to open another new one in Bridgnorth early next month. Based on the average financial effect of opening and closing offices, we estimate that these changes will reduce our expenditure by about £100 a year.
§ Mr. MoreI thank my hon. Friend for that reply. Will she bear in mind that the terms of remuneration are not always such as to attract people to take on sub-post offices? Will she consider favourably people who are prepared to take on sub-post offices? If people are not prepared to do that, will she consider other possibilities, such as travelling post offices?
§ Miss PikeThe difficulty about travelling post offices is that not only are they very expensive but the people who would use them would be considerably inconvenienced in waiting for the post offices to arrive and in having to use them in all weathers.