§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices and sub-post offices there were in England in May 1997, 1998 and 1999; and what the projected figure is for 2000. [106042]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonI understand from the Post Office the numbers of directly operated post offices and of sub-post offices in England were as follows:
Directly operated Sub-post offices Total March 1998 510 14,268 14,778 March 1999 502 14,091 14,593 The Post Office does not have the comparable figures for years before 1998 and does not make forward projections of post office numbers.
§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices there were in the Salisbury constituency in each year from 1983 to 1999; and if he will make a statement. [106157]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonI understand from the Post Office that they do not hold historic information on the numbers of post offices in each parliamentary constituency and that such information cannot readily be compiled.
The Post Office advise that in October 1999 the number of post offices in the Salisbury constituency was 55.