Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 70177
Delivery Services: Standards
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025
Question
Matt Bishop
Labour — Forest of Dean
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what regulatory oversight is in place to ensure (a) (i) accurate and (ii) secure delivery in rural locations and (b) other basic standards of service by delivery companies.
Answer
Justin MaddersOfcom is the independent regulator for the postal sector with the responsibility and powers to regulate postal services.The ‘Mail Integrity Objectives’, set out in Ofcom’s Essential Condition 1, seek to minimise the potential for postal packets to be subj...
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