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

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether funding will be made available to prevent Post Office closures and to maintain the network at its present size.

The Government recognises the importance of Post Offices to communities, which is why the Government committed in its manifesto to safeguard the Post Office network. Since 2010, due to the Government’s significant investment of nearly £2 billion, the network has been at its most stable for decades with over 11,600 branches.

The Government accepts that the Post Office will require additional funding in the future.

We are still in discussions on this and will make an announcement in due course.