§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post office closures there have been in each London borough in each year since 1997. [177126]
§ Mr. TimmsI am advised by Post Office Ltd. that data on post office closures by local authority area is not available in the form requested, as the company does not require this data for operational purposes. However, it has produced quarterly statistics on post office closures by Government region/country since March 2000 and the net closure figures for the London region are
Year to end March 2001–10Year to end March 2002–4 6Year to end March 2003–44 (including 11 under the urban reinvention programme)Year to end March 2004–455 (including 142 under the urban reinvention programme).