Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 94049

Postal Services: Standards

Tabled: 24 November 2025
Answered: 26 November 2025

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal DemocratMaidenhead

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of consumer protections in the parcel delivery sector, particularly where subcontracting arrangements are in place.

Answer

Blair McDougall
Ofcom 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 parcels to be subject to...

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