Paragraph 3 Scheme criteria
In deciding whether to make a payment under this Scheme, the Secretary of State shall have regard to the following criteria—
(a)
whether services will continue to be provided from a national network of public post offices across the United Kingdom in the absence of the making of a payment;
(b)
whether services will continue to be provided from public post offices or a network of public post offices in any particular area of the United Kingdom in the absence of the making of a payment.