Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 44963

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Mark Garnier

ConservativeWyre 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 Madders
Parliament 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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