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		Written answer
	answer has question	zYcXLUsJ
	answer has answering person	Kelly Jane Tolhurst
	answer text	<p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. Hosting or franchising of Post Office branches an operational matter for Post Office Limited. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the hon Member on this matter. A copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p>
	answer given date	2018-12-20
	answer has answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	written answer has answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	answering body has written answer	nPjiYOED
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy	answering body has answer	nPjiYOED
zYcXLUsJ	question has answer	nPjiYOED
Kelly Jane Tolhurst	answering person has answer	nPjiYOED