HC Deb 18 March 2002 vol 382 c88W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices there were in Wales in 1997; how many were classified as rural; and how many there are now that are classified as rural. [44043]

Mr. Alexander

965 post offices in Wales were classified as rural according to the latest available figures to the end of December 2001.

I am informed by Post Office Ltd. that data by country are not available before 1998.

Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many rural network advisers there are for the Post Office. [43627]

Mr. Alexander

I am informed by Post Office Ltd. that there are currently 31 rural transfer advisers.

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