Written question asked by Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 29 May 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 June 2026. It was answered by Blair McDougall (Labour) on Monday, 8 June 2026 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.
Post Office: Franchises
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department keeps a formal record or minutes of the monthly financial monitoring meetings held between his Department, UK Government Investments and Post Office Limited to review funding requests relating to the franchising of formerly Directly Managed Branches.
- Answer
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The Department funds Post Office Limited’s (POL) Strategic Transformation Plan (STP), including activities to franchise former Directly Managed Branches.
Funding approvals are based on monthly requests from POL, detailing actual and forecast spend across all STP activity. These are analysed internally and informed by discussions at monthly financial monitoring meetings with POL. Outcomes from these discussions are reflected in advice to release funding.
Formal records or separate minutes are not kept for discussions specifically relating to the franchising of formerly Directly Managed Branches.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 4962
- Session
- 2026-27
- Subjects
- Franchises Post Office UK Government Investments
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- 2026-06-08 11:58:30 +0100
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