Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of how many (a) Crown Post Offices and (b) sub Post Offices there will be in 2029.

No decisions to close any or all of the remaining Directly Managed Branches have been taken.

The Post Office will continue to deliver on the 11,500 minimum branch requirement set by Government. Longer term, Government has set out our plan to publish a Green Paper to consult with the public on the long-term future of the Post Office. This Green Paper will help inform what customers, communities and postmasters would like to see from a modern Post Office network.