§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list(a) the main post offices and (b) the sub-post offices in (i) the Doncaster area and (ii) South Yorkshire as a whole which have opened or closed since 1979, showing those which have gone onto a part-time basis since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ForthI have consulted the Post Office, which has supplied the following information. There are currently 10 main post offices and 266 sub-post offices in the Doncaster post code area, and 10 main post offices and 365 sub-post offices in the South Yorkshire postal address area. There has been no change in the provision of main post offices in these areas since 1979. During the same period one sub-office has been opened in the Doncaster post code area, 13 have been closed and 18 sub-offices have been converted to part-time (community) offices. In the South Yorkshire postal address area 15 sub-offices have closed and 10 have been converted to part-time (community) offices.
The sub-offices concerned are as follows:
Doncaster post code area
Opened—1
Wybers Wood
402WClosed—13
- Redbourned
- Haighton Avenue
- New Clee
- Hatcliffe
- Kexby
- Ladborough
- New Conisborough
- Town Moor
- Wiseton
- Woodlands East
- Whitton
- Barnby on the Marsh
- Asselby
Conversions—18
- Bigby
- Waddingham
- Grasby
- Austerfield
- Badsworth
- Hooton Pagnell
- Womersley
- A1. thorpe
- Eastoft
- East Stockwith
- Slotton
- Babworth
- Bole
- Balne
- East Lowick
- Sykehouse
- Laxton
- Howden Dyke
South Yorkshire postal address area
Opened—0
Closed—15
- New Conisborough
- Town Moor
- Wiseton
- Woodlands East
- Cranemoor
- Ickles
- Bridgehouse
- Upper Allen Street
- Carbrook
- Thorpe Salvin
- Walkley Road
- Shirelygreen
- High Hoyland
- Frederick Street
- Burgoyne Road
Conversions—10
- Hooton Roberts
- Austerfield
- Brodsworth
- Hooton Pagnell
- Womersley
- Wadshelf
- Dunford Bridge
- Crow Edge
- Stantree
- Woothorpe