§ Mr SalmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) Post Offices and (b) sub- Post Offices there were in Dundee East and Dundee West in (i) 1972, (ii) 1975, (iii) 1980, (iv) 1985, (v) 1990, (vi) 1995 and (vii) 2000. [82416]
§ Mr. TimmsI am informed by Post Office Limited that historic data in the form requested is not available as the company does not require this data for operational reasons.
However, in 1999, the Post Office undertook a special exercise to determine the number of post offices in each parliamentary constituency in response to the then hon Member for Birmingham Erdington (Mr. Robin Corbett) on 29 November 1999 (Official Report, column 22W). I further understand from Post Office Limited that it compiled a list of post offices by parliamentary constituency as of 20 April 2002 showing their classification as urban or rural offices. A copy of this list is held in the Library of the House.