Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 50553
Delivery Services: Fees and Charges
Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dave Doogan
Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help tackle postcode-based delivery surcharges that misclassify accessible regions such as Perthshire as (a) remote and (b) offshore.
Answer
Justin MaddersThe postcode is a routing instruction used by Royal Mail to sort and deliver mail quickly and accurately. Individual addresses are therefore not always a geographically accurate description of where a property is located.Royal Mail updates the Postcode Ad...
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