§ Baroness Byfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many sub-post offices have closed in the past three years, 1998, 1999 and 2000; and, of those closures in the year 2000, how many have closed in the second half of that year. [HL756]
§ Lord Sainsbury of TurvilleI understand from the Post Office that the numbers of sub-post office closures, were as follows:
- Year ending March 1998: 238
- Year ending March 1999: 232
- Year ending March 2000: 382
In the year to March 2001, closures of sub-post offices in the nine months to December 2000 were 434, of which 135 were in the October-December quarter.