Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 44963
Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation
Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mark Garnier
Conservative — Wyre Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure there will be parliamentary oversight of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation for postal services.
Answer
Justin MaddersParliament has made Ofcom the independent regulator for the postal sector, and as such Ofcom has the responsibility to ensure the provision of the universal service obligation. Ofcom proposed reforms to the universal service obligation in its consultation...
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