Consultation outcome

Mutualisation of the Post Office

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 19 September 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Ref: BIS/12/939

PDF, 303 KB, 40 pages

Detail of outcome

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Original consultation

Summary

Sought feedback to clarify the issues that the government would need to take into account before converting the Post Office into a mutual.

This consultation ran from
19 September 2011 to 11:45pm on 12 December 2011

Consultation description

This consultation built on the comprehensive report Mutual Options for Post Office Ltd commissioned by government and published in May 2011 by Co-operatives UK. The government aimed to investigate further the case for and shape of a mutualisation.

The consultation document set out the following key issues:

• the current structure of Post Office Ltd and its business strategy
• why the government thinks mutualisation could be a good idea for Post Office Ltd
• the government바카라 사이트™s belief that the members of the mutual should comprise an equal mix of 바카라 사이트˜producers바카라 사이트™ (such as employees and subpostmasters) and 바카라 사이트˜consumers바카라 사이트™, with no one constituency having an overall majority
• why a Post Office mutual could work best without a government ownership stake, to provide a clear cultural break from the past, with government able to continue its relationship with the mutual on a contractual basis
• the proposal that a possible structure for a Post Office mutual could be a three tier structure, comprising of the membership, a representative body, and Board of Directors
• other considerations that the government needs to take into account before a move to a mutual would be possible, the most important of which is Post Office Ltd바카라 사이트™s financial stability

See also .

Documents

Ref: BIS/11/1211

PDF, 711 KB, 50 pages

Published 19 September 2011