HC Deb 01 May 1951 vol 487 cc137-8W
Captain John Crowder

asked the Postmaster-General what is the present annual scale-payment to the existing sub-post office at Friern Barnet: and what is the estimate of the capital cost and of the annual administrative cost of the new office which is shortly to be opened.

Mr. Ness Edwards

The annual scale-payment to the present sub-office is £942. At the new office, which is being provided to improve Post Office facilities in the neighbourhood, the estimated capital cost of adaptation and fittings is £5,200, and the annual administrative and maintenance costs £3,500.