Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 106615

Postal Services: Rural Areas

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 22 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the consistency of postal deliveries 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 regula...

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