HC Deb 28 June 1950 vol 476 c226W
74. Mr. Crouch

asked the Postmaster-General how many villages which had sub-postmasters prior to 1939 are now without them.

Mr. Ness Edwards

Three hundred and eighty out of some 14,000 country sub-post offices; 148 of them will be reopened as soon as suitable candidates can be obtained.