Written question asked by Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 10 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 29 June 2004. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 June 2004 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many post office contracts Tesco has taken over as a result of its takeover of (a) the T&S Group chain of convenience stores, (b) Adminstore and (c) other stores; and how many Post Office contracts Tesco has given notice of its intention to terminate, broken down by (i) the date the Government was notified and (ii) location; for which of the post offices whose contracts Tesco has given notice of its intention to terminate will be (a) relocated nearby and (b) permanently closed; what assessment she has made of the cost to Post Office Limited of (a) relocating and (b) permanently closing the post office branches whose contracts have been terminated by Tesco. - Post Office will write. (Holding answer 15 June 2004).

Answer: Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many post office contracts Tesco has taken over as a result of its takeover of (a) the T&S Group chain of convenience stores, (b) Adminstore and (c) other stores; and how many Post Office contracts Tesco has given notice of its intention to terminate, broken down by (i) the date the Government was notified and (ii) location; [178937] (2) for which of the post offices whose contracts Tesco has given notice of its intention to terminate will be (a) relocated nearby and (b) permanently closed; [178938] (3) what assessment she has made of the cost to Post Office Ltd. of (a) relocating and (b) permanently closing the post office branches whose contracts have been terminated by Tesco. [178939] Mr. Timms :[holding answer 15 June 2004]: These are operational matters for Post Office Ltd. and I have therefore asked the Chief Executive to reply direct to the hon. Member.

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