Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16769
Department for Work and Pensions: Standards
Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026
Question
Cat Eccles
Labour — Stourbridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure current Royal Mail delays do not affect people's ability to comply with his Department's deadlines.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe delays to Royal Mail delivery have not had an impact on DWPs ability to deliver its services. DWP has robust plans in place that will be invoked should disruption to service occur, these plans include extension of DWP deadlines that can be invoked to ...
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