Crown Post Offices

HC Deb 21 May 1996 vol 278 cc142-3W

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many Crown post offices in(a) Scotland and (b) throughout the United Kingdom have been converted to agency status in each financial year since the introduction of the policy. [29988]

Mr. Oppenheim

I understand from the Post Office that numbers of crown post offices converted to agency status in Scotland and throughout the United Kingdom in each financial year since 1989–90 are as follows:

Year	Scotland	United Kingdom
1989–90	32	153
1990–91	29	164
1991–92	40	147
1992–93	11	108
1993–94	13	117
1994–95	11	106
1995–96	2	45