Whether it has made any representations to Post Office Ltd in support of safeguarding the future of the 14 post office branches in the Aber…

Detailed arrangements for the restructuring of the post office network are operational matters for Royal Mail which is answerable to its regulator, Postcomm and the UK Government on all aspects of these reserved matters. A decision to close a Post Office branch is made only after taking full account of feedback received from customers, MPs, MSPs or assembly members, councillors, local authorities, groups such as Age Concern and Citizen’s Advice Bureau, and the independent consumer watchdog, Postwatch. To date in Scotland Royal Mail have proposed for closure only branches where the sub postmaster has expressed a desire to leave the business and the business is designated as not viable.