Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to provide support postmasters whose average income is below the minimum wage.
Remuneration arrangements with operators of post office branches is a matter for Post Office Ltd. These operators are not employees of Post Office Ltd but generally provide services on behalf of Post Office Ltd as part of a wider retail offering, such as a convenience store or a newsagent. This allows the operator to generate income from all aspects of their business through the sharing of footfall and cross-selling to customers between the retail and post office offerings.