Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 50553

Delivery Services: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Dave Doogan

Scottish National PartyAngus 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 Madders
The 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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