Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 101944

Postal Services: Rural Areas

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 7 January 2026

Question

Blake Stephenson

ConservativeMid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of Royal Mail’s delivery performance in rural areas.

Answer

Blair McDougall
The government is committed to an efficient universal service for users throughout the UK, including those in remote and rural areas.It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to monitor Royal Mail’s service standards. The regulator...

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