Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 107049

Postage Stamps: Prices

Tabled: 20 January 2026

Answered: 23 January 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to the Ofcom "Call for input: Review of postal regulation – pricing and affordability", of 4 November 2025, whether stamp prices for ordinary customers will have to cross-subsided the proposed

Answer

Blair McDougall

As the independent regulator for postal services, Ofcom is responsible for decisions on price controls. The government does not have a role in Ofcom’s regulatory decisions.Affordability is at the heart of Ofcom's regulatory framework. Ofcom will consult o...

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