HC Deb 23 April 2001 vol 367 cc2-3W
Mr. Rendel

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) Crown post offices and (b) sub-post offices (i) closed and (ii) opened in each year from 1979 to the last year for which figures are available. [158303]

Mr. Alan Johnson

The information requested is set out in the table. Separate figures for openings and closures are not available, but the table shows closure figures net of openings for each year.

Year Ending Crown Offices Sub Post Offices Total Closures in Year
31 March 1978 1,579 21,342 22,921 —
31 March 1979 1,580 21,213 22,793 128
31 March 1980 1,583 21,056 22,639 154
31 March 1981 1,581 20,894 22,475 164
31 March 1982 1,573 20,832 22,405 70
31 March 1983 1,567 20,734 22,301 104
31 March 1984 1,559 20,499 22,058 243
31 March 1985 1,553 20,110 21,663 395
31 March 1986 1,509 19,796 21,305 358
31 March 1987 1,503 19,708 21,211 94
31 March 1988 1,499 19,572 21,071 140
31 March 1989 1,493 19,537 21,030 41
31 March 1990 1,339 19,532 20,871 159
31 March 1991 1,167 19,471 20,638 233
31 March 1992 1,019 19,141 20,160 478
31 March 1993 917 19,041 19,958 202
31 March 1994 800 18,982 19,782 176
31 March 1995 699 18,908 19,607 175
31 March 1996 653 18,761 19,414 193
31 March 1997 606 18,645 19,251 163
31 March 1998 601 18,407 19,008 243
31 March 1999 600 18,175 18,775 233
31 March 2000 598 17,795 18,393 382

Mr. Page

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many sub-post offices closed between 1 April 2000 and 31 March. [158341]

Mr. Alan Johnson

Full year figures for the year 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 are not yet available from the Post Office Network.