§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many urban post offices in Scotland have been(a) proposed and (b) approved for closure since the inception of the Network Reinvention Scheme. [139024]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 17 November 2003]: I understand that since March 2000 the company has recorded details of post office closures, including those under the urban reinvention programme, which commenced in late 2002, on the basis of Government Region and country. It does not record details of proposals on this basis. In Scotland, there have been 28 closures under the urban reinvention programme to the end of September 2003, the latest quarter for which figures are currently available.