Written Question · S2W-02545 · Session 2
What role it will play in revitalising the Post Office network, as referred to in A Partnership for a Better Scotland.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what role it will play in revitalising the Post Office network, as referred to in A Partnership for a Better Scotland.
The answer
Royal Mail, post offices andpostal services are reserved issues but the Scottish Executive recognises theimportance of the availability across Scotland of services provided by the Post Office network.
The Deputy Minister for SocialJustice launched a £2 million fund to develop post offices in deprived urban areason 30 December 2002. The objective of this fund is to contribute to the regenerationof deprived urban areas by sustaining and improving post office branches, on themargins of viability, that provide socially important services and facilities andthat can act as an anchor for other retail activity.
The Scottish Executive is represented on Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) interdepartmentalgroup convened to examine strategy for supporting rural post offices after April2006. This group has been convened to help DTI prepare options and advice for theirministers who have responsibility for postal matters. Officials also represent the Executive on Royal Mail’s rural interests group considering the use of funding providedby DTI.
The Executive will continue tomonitor post office developments in both urban and rural contexts and work togetherwith the DTI and Royal Mail to identify options for action that the Executive canpursue within its devolved powers.
The Deputy Minister for SocialJustice launched a £2 million fund to develop post offices in deprived urban areason 30 December 2002. The objective of this fund is to contribute to the regenerationof deprived urban areas by sustaining and improving post office branches, on themargins of viability, that provide socially important services and facilities andthat can act as an anchor for other retail activity.
The Scottish Executive is represented on Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) interdepartmentalgroup convened to examine strategy for supporting rural post offices after April2006. This group has been convened to help DTI prepare options and advice for theirministers who have responsibility for postal matters. Officials also represent the Executive on Royal Mail’s rural interests group considering the use of funding providedby DTI.
The Executive will continue tomonitor post office developments in both urban and rural contexts and work togetherwith the DTI and Royal Mail to identify options for action that the Executive canpursue within its devolved powers.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-02545 by reference.