Appendix 1:

 

Post Office Ltd's adherence to the Government's access criteria (19th September 2008)

 

 

 

 

Population within 1 mile

Population within 3 miles

Urban population within 1 mile

Deprived urban population within 1 mile

Rural population within 3 miles

Minimum Requirement

UK target 90%

UK target 99%

UK target 95%

UK target 99%

UK target 95%

POL adherence

93.6%

99.7%

98.3%

99.7%

98.6%

 

 

POL is also required to ensure that 95% of the population in each postcode district is within 6 miles of a post office. At present, 10 postcode districts do not satisfy this requirement from a total of 2832 postcode districts. This is because POL is still to implement services in these locations.