Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the retention of local post office services in East Renfrewshire.

The provision of individual post offices is the operational responsibility of Post Office Limited; the company that manages and oversees the UK’s post office network.

I understand that there are currently 10 open post offices in the Honourable Member’s constituency, 9 of which have been transformed under the Post Office’s modernisation programme, offering an additional 224 opening hours per week, with 6 branches open on a Sunday.