§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many(a) pubs and (b) post offices there were in rural areas, broken down by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority in each year since 1990. [24896]
§ Alun MichaelThe information is not available in the form requested. Information on numbers of rural pubs is not held centrally and I understand from Consignia that information on numbers of rural post offices by constituency and local authority is not available. The Government have been monitoring the position on rural post offices and a number of initiatives have been taken to provide a secure future for rural post offices and other local facilities wherever possible.