Crown Post Office, Watford

HC Deb 09 June 1998 vol 313 c508W

Ms Ward

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the provision of a Crown Post Office in Watford. [44667]

Mr. Ian McCartney

I understand from the Post Office that the Crown post office in Watford was converted to a franchise office in February 1997 under a five-year contract. The franchise office continues to provide the full range of services previously provided at the Crown post office. In May 1997, at my request, the Post Office suspended its Crown office conversion programme, except where irreversible contractual commitments existed, until decisions on this programme could be made on an informed basis in the wider context of our review of the Post Office.