§ Mr. ConnartyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many conversions of Crown to agency status post offices(a) have been completed and (b) are proposed 702W in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and each of the English regions; and if he will list the affected office in each case. [20394]
§ Mr. OppenheimI understand from the Post Office that the numbers of Crown post offices converted to agency status from March 1989 to the end of February 1996 by Post office Counters Ltd. regions are as follows:
Number Scotland 137 Northern Ireland 11 North East 82 North Wales and North West 105 Midlands 79 South Wales and South West 114 North Thames and East Anglia 159 South East 135 A list of these 822 offices could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
I understand from the Post Office that the conversion to agency status of the following Crown post offices is currently proposed:
- Scotland
- Cambuslang
- North Wales and North West
- New Ferry
- Farnworth
- Denton
- Glossop
- North Thames and East Anglia
- Southgate, London E14
- Wood Street, London E17
- Midlands
- Shirley, Solihull
- North East
- Castleford
- South Wales and South West
- Devizes
- Bodmin
- Tewkesbury
- South East
- Portslade
- Rochester