Crown Post Office, Newcastle under Lyme

HC Deb 13 January 1997 vol 288 c140W

Mrs. Golding

To ask the President of the Board of Trade for how long the Crown post office has operated from the Iron Market in Newcastle under Lyme. [10503]

Mr. Page

I understand from the Post Office that a post office has operated in Iron Market, Newcastle under Lyme since 1969.

Mrs. Golding

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the turnover for(a) 1993–94, (b) 1994–95 and (c) 1995–96 at the Crown post office in Newcastle under Lyme. [10504]

Mr. Page

Turnover figures for individual post offices are commercially confidential.

Mrs. Golding

To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many customers used the Crown post office in Newcastle under Lyme in each year since 1988. [10505]

Mr. Page

I understand from the Post Office that the annual number of transactions since 1993-94 at the Crown post office in Iron Market Newcastle under Lyme has been:

Year	Number of transactions
1993–94	1,480,281
1994–95	1,646,161
1995–96	1,615,557
1996–97	1942,814
Information for earlier years is not available.
1To end November 1996.