§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will take steps to ensure that postal service names and areas and local government names and areas in Scotland are brought into alignment.
§ Mr. LeighI have been asked to reply.
Decisions concerning aspects of the day-to-day running of the Post Office, such as those relating to the designation of postal addresses and postcodes, are operational matters for the Post Office. It would not, therefore, be appropriate for me to comment on this matter in detail. However, I understand that postal addresses are sorting and routing instructions for the Post Office, allowing mail to reach its destination from any part of the country by the fastest and most economical route. They are not intended, therefore, to describe particular geographical locations, nor to correspond with geographical or political boundaries.