§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list the principal activities of his Department and its agencies which provide business for(a) Crown post offices and (b) other post offices; if he will assess whether the level of business generated in each case is likely to increase or decrease over the next five years; and which new areas of business for post offices are likely to be developed by his Department and its agencies over the same period. [99559]
§ Mr. MorleyMy Department and its agencies do not have activities or services which provide business for post offices, and currently no specific areas of business are foreseen, but the targets for electronic delivery of services (50 per cent. by 2005 and 100 per cent. by 2008) set out in the Modernising Government White Paper represent a real opportunity for additional business for the Post Office network across all public services delivered by central Government.