§ Major Digbyasked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many sub-post offices have been closed down since 1st September, 1939, giving, if possible, separate figures for urban districts on the one hand and for villages and hamlets on the other.
§ Mr. BurkeDefinite figures could only be obtained by considerable clerical work for which staff is not available. It is1652W estimated, however, that there are some 850 fewer sub-post offices than on 1st October, 1939. It is not possible to subdivide this figure into urban and rural.