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Written question asked by Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour) on Friday, 16 December 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 December 2022. It was answered by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 December 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Post Offices: Energy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to help support Post Offices with the cost of energy after 31 March 2023; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of energy costs on the risk of (a) redundancies of staff, (b) reductions in opening hours and (c) closures of Post Offices in the next 12 months.

Answer

HM Treasury is currently conducting a review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and evidence regarding the impact of energy costs on post offices is included in that. However, the Government cannot confirm details on further support after 31st March 2023 until the end of the review, which will report in January 2023.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
112079
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Closures Energy Opening hours Redundancy Post offices Prices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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