HC Deb 10 March 1994 vol 239 cc333-5W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 22 February,Official Report, column 165, what plans the Post Office has to franchise the operation of Irvine and Kilwinning Crown post offices; and if he will make it his policy not to franchise the operation of these two Crown post offices.

Mr. McLoughlin

I understand from the Post Office that there are no present plans to franchise the operation of either Irvine or Kilwinning Crown post offices, but, if suitable opportunities arose, they do not preclude conversion of these offices to agency status. Decisions on the conversion of individual Crown post offices are an operational matter for the Post Office.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 22 February,Official Report, column 168, how many Post Office staff have left the Post Office under voluntary redundancy terms.

Mr. McLoughlin

I understand from the Post Office that records of voluntary redundancies are not held centrally and the information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade which post offices in Scotland are currently being considered for franchising; and within which parliamentary constituency each lies.

Mr. McLoughlin

I understand from the Post Office that local consultations prior to conversion to agency status have taken place in respect of the following post offices in Scotland:

  • Post Office and Parliamentary constituency
  • Peterhead—Banff and Buchan
  • Kirkcaldy—Kirkcaldy
  • Stranraer—Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  • Annan—Dumfries
  • Thurso—Caithness and Sutherland
  • Livingston—Livingston
  • Partick—Glasgow Hillhead
  • Renfrew—Paisley North
  • Anniesland—Glasgow Garscadden
  • Elgin—Moray
  • Wester Hailes—Edinburgh Pentlands
  • Milngavie—Clydebank and Milngavie
  • Greenock—Greenock and Port Glasgow
  • Newington—Edinburgh South
  • Charing Cross—Glasgow Hillhead

Mr. Donohoe

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 22 February,Official Report, columns 166–67, within which parliamentary constituency each of the post offices in Scotland converted to agency status between April 1989 and January 1994 lies.

Mr. McLoughlin

I understand from the Post Office that the parliamentary constituencies in which the post offices in Scotland converted to agency status between April 1989 and January 1994 are as follows:

  • Post Office and Parliamentary Constituency
  • Alexandria—Dumbarton
  • Anstruther—Fife North East
  • Arbroath—Angus East
  • Banchory—Gordon
  • Banff—Banff and Buchan
  • Barrhead—Eastwood
  • Bearsden—Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  • Beith—Cunninghame North
  • Bishopbriggs—Strathkelvin and Bearsden
  • Bo'ness—Linlithgow
  • Blairgowrie—Tayside North
  • Brechin—Angus East
  • Brodick—Cunninghame North
  • Broughty Ferry—Angus East
  • Broxburn—Livingston
  • Bruntsfield—Edinburgh South
  • Buckhaven—Fife Central
  • Buckie—Moray
  • Burns Statue Ayr—Ayr
  • Burntisland—Kirkcaldy
  • Campbeltown—Argyll and Bute
  • Carnoustie—Angus East
  • Cathcart—Glasgow Cathcart
  • Coldstream—Rosburgh and Berwickshire
  • Cowdenbeath—Dunfermline East
  • Crieff—Perth and Kinross
  • Cumnock—Carrick Cumnock and Doon Valley
  • Cupar—Fife North East
  • Dalbeattie—Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  • Dalmuir—Clydebank and Milngavie
  • Dingwall—Ross Cromarty and Skye
  • Dunbar—East Lothian
  • Dunblane—Stirling
  • Dunoon—Argyll and Bute
  • Duns—Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  • Ellon—Gordon
  • Forfar—Tayside North
  • Forres—Moray
  • Forrest Road—Edinburgh Central
  • Fraserburgh—Banff and Buchan
  • George Street Aberdeen—Not indentified
  • Girvan—Ayr
  • Glasgow Airport—Renfrew West and Inverclyde
  • Gourock—Renfrew West and Inverclyde
  • Grangemouth—Falkirk East
  • Grantown on Spey—Inverness Nairn and Lochaber
  • Hawick—Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  • Helensburgh—Dumbarton
  • Hillhead—Glasgow Hillhead
  • Huntly—Gordon
  • Invergordon—Ross Cromarty and Skye
  • lnverurie—Inverness Nairn and Lochaber
  • Jamaica Street—Cunninghame North
  • Jeburgh—Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  • Johnstone—Paisley South
  • Kelso—Roxburgh and Berwickshire
  • Kelvinbrige—Glasgow Maryhill
  • KilmacolmRenfrew West and Inverclyde
  • Kilsyth—Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
  • Kinross—Perth and Kinross
  • Kirkcudbright—Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  • Kirriemuir—Tayside North
  • Kyle of Lochalsh—Ross Cromarty and Skye
  • Lairg—Caithness and Sutherland
  • Larkhall—Clydesdale
  • Lanark—Clydesdale
  • Largs—Cunninghame North
  • Leith—Edinburgh Leith
  • Leith Walk—Edinburgh Leith
  • Leven—Fife Central
  • Lochee—Dundee West
  • Lochgelly—Dunfermline East
  • Lochgilphead—Argyll and Bute
  • Lockerbie—Dumfries
  • Lossiemouth—Moray
  • Maryhill—Glasgow Maryhill
  • Maybole—Ayr
  • Melrose—Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale
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  • Moffat—Dumfries
  • Montrose—Angus East
  • Musselburgh—East Lothian
  • Nairn—Inverness Nairn and Lochaber
  • Newton Stewart—Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
  • Newlands Glasgow—Not Identified
  • North Berwick—East Lothian
  • Norton Park—Edinburgh East
  • Oban—Argyll and Bute
  • Parkhead—Glasgow Shettleston
  • Peebles—Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale
  • Penicuik—Midlothian
  • Pitlochry—Perth and Kinross
  • Pollock—Glasgow Pollock
  • Port Ellen—Argyll and Bute
  • Port Glasgow—Greenock and port Glasgow
  • Portobello—Edinburgh East
  • Portree—Ross Cromarty and Skye
  • Prestonpans—East Lothian
  • Prestwick—Ayr
  • Rothesay—Argyll and Bute
  • Selkirk—Tweeddale Ettrick and Lauderdale
  • Shawlands—Glasgow Pollock
  • Shotts—Motherwell North
  • St. George's Cross—Glasgow Maryhill
  • St. Rollox—Glasgow Central
  • Stevenston—Cunninghame North
  • Stonehaven—Kincardine and Deeside
  • Strathaven—East Kilbride
  • Stromness—Orkney and Shetland
  • Tain—Ross Cromarty and Skye
  • Tollcross—Edinburgh Central
  • Tranent—East Lothian
  • Troon—Ayr
  • Turriff—Banff and Buchan
  • Uddingston—Hamilton
  • West Kilbride—Cunninghame North