HC Deb 18 December 2003 vol 415 c1048W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the impact of the Network Reinvention Programme on the Post Office network in North Yorkshire. [144607]

Mr. Timms

The aim of the programme is a viable network of urban sub post offices, able to thrive commercially and to meet the needs of all parts of our communities.

Post Office Ltd. (POL) is committed to ensuring that at the end of the programme nationally 95 per cent. of the urban population will still live within a mile of their nearest post office and the majority within half a mile.