HC Deb 24 March 1994 vol 240 cc418-20W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many proposals there are in each English region, Wales and Northern Ireland for conversion of Crown to agency status post offices; and if he will list the affected offices in each case.

Mr. McLoughlin

I understand from the Post Office that consultation on a proposal to convert the following Crown post offices had(a) been completed but the conversion had not taken place by 21 March 1994 or (b) is currently in progress. The information is provided on the basis of Post Office Counters regions, except in the case of data for Wales and Northern Ireland which has been produced separately.

North Thames and Anglia Region

  1. (a) Completed
    • Woodbridge
    • Borehamwood
    • Cannon St. London
    • Chief Office London
    • Ware
    • Hatfield
    • Maids Vale
    • Rayleigh
    • Bush Fair Harlow
    • Staple Tye Harlow
    • Leytonstone
    • Epping
    • Beaconsfield
    • Bicester
    • Prestwick Road Watford
    • West Ealing
    • Maida Hill
    • Cricklewood
  2. (b) In Progress
    • Forest Gate
    • Wolverton
    • Sheringham
    • Brandon
    • Turners Hill Cheshunt
    • Bruce Grover Tottenham
    • Wanstead

Midlands Region

  1. (a) Completed
    • Corporation Street Coventry
    • Warstone Lane Birmingham
  2. (b) In Progress
    • Nantwich

North West Region

  1. (a) Completed
    • Buxton>
    • Barnes Green Manchester
    • Farnworth
    • Tarporley
    • Birkenhead
    • Nelson
    • Morecambe
    • Darwen
    • High Town Manchester
    • Radcliffe
  2. (b) In Progress
    • Stockport Road Manchester
    • Cheadle (Cheshire)
    • Bury

North East Region

  1. (a) Completed
    • Peterlee
    • Heaton Newcastle upon Tyne
    • Shipley
    • Worksop
    • Otley
    • Hexham
  2. (b) In Progress
    • Hessle
    • Cleethorpes

South East Region

  1. (a) Completed
    • Bexleyheath
    • Godalming
    • Hythe
    • Blackheath
      • 420
    • Gloucester Road London
    • Battle
    • Heathfield
    • South Kensington
    • Sunbury
    • Leatherhead
    • Havant
    • Hassocks
  2. (b) In Progress
    • None

South West Region

  1. (a) Completed
    • Portishead
    • Victoria Road Swindon
    • Bude
    • Ilfracombe
    • Marlborough
    • Seaton
    • Street
    • Tewkesbury
  2. (b) In Progress
    • None

Northern Ireland

  1. (a) Completed
    • Strabane
  2. (b) In Progress
    • None

Wales

  1. (a) Completed
    • Machynlleth
    • Dolgellau
    • Penbroke Dock
    • Tredegar
    • Brecon
    • Colwyn Bay
  2. (b) In Progress
    • None