HC Deb 04 July 2000 vol 353 cc137-8W
Judy Mallaber

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many post offices have closed in(a) Derbyshire and (b) each Derbyshire parliamentary constituency since 1979; [129010]

(2) how many post offices were closed in (a) Derbyshire and (b) each Derbyshire parliamentary constituency between 1979 and 1997. [129009]

Mr. Alan Johnson

I understand from the Post Offices that it does not hold historical data by county or parliamentary constituency for the numbers of post offices which have closed or opened.

Judy Mallaber

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices there are in(a) Derbyshire and (b) Amber Valley constituency. [129003]

Mr. Alan Johnson

I understand from the Post Office that as at October 1999, the latest date for which such information is available, there were 37 post offices in the Amber Valley constituency and 337 in the county of Derbyshire.