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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) post offices, (b) bank branches, (c) independent retail shops and (d) police stations have closed in each calendar year since 1997 in (i) Harborough constituency and (ii) the East Midlands Government office area.

Asked by

Lord Garnier (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

15 December 2005

For answer on

19 December 2005

Answered on

16 January 2006

The information is as follows.(a) Post officesDecisions on post office closures are an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. I understand from the company that the numbers of net closures are as follows:Harborough constituency"2002–03: 1 net opening""1 net closure""4 net closures (including three under urban reinvention programme)"Constituency closure data are not available prior to financial year 2002–03.East Midlands region"38 net closures""31 net closures""108 net closures""90 net closures"Regional closure data prior to financial year 2001–02 are not available. Closures in 2003–04 and 2004–05 include closures under the urban reinvention programme.(b) Bank branchesThe number of local bank branch closures is not available.This is a matter for each individual bank, but my officials have checked with the British Bankers' Association, the Financial Services Authority and the Office for National Statistics. None of them are able to provide the number of bank closures.(c) Independent retail shopsVAT de-registrations for retail businesses¹ in Harborough constituency and East Midlands Government office region, are shown as follows for 1997 to 2004.

VAT de-registrations in the retail sector⁽¹⁰⁾
	Harborough	East Midlands
1997	45	1,540
1998	25	1,490
1999	35	1,465
2000	30	1,425
2001	30	1,300
2002	30	1,320
2003	35	1,400
2004	35	1,420
Source: Small Business Service figures based on data from the ONS Inter Departmental Business Register.
⁽¹⁰⁾ Standard Industrial Classification 52.

(d) Police stationsInformation provided by police forces for police stations opened and closed in Harborough constituency and East Midlands Government office region, are shown as follows for 1997 to 2004.

	Leicestershire			East MidlandsGovernment office area
	Op	Cls	Op	Cls
1997	3	0	6	6
1998	2	2	2	25
1999	3	3	6	6
2000	2	0	4	0
2001	0	0	3	1
2002	1	1	3	3
2003	3	3	4	7
2004	0	0	1	2
⁽¹¹⁾ Harborough figures are included within Leicestershire.

Date

16 January 2006

Reference

38841; 441 c944-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

Statement on estimate of the non-domestic rate poundage for next year; and details of the transitional arrangements to phase in the effects of the 1995 revaluation. - Inc details and figures.

Asked by

Lord Garnier (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

29 November 1994

Reference

250 c649-50W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

Statement on planning policy towards applications for farm shops.

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Lord Garnier (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 May 1994

Reference

244 c240-1W

House

House of Commons

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