Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 95194

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Dr Luke Evans

ConservativeHinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with OFCOM on a) the business challenges facing Royal Mail and (b) Royal Mail's ability to meet the Universal Service Obligation.

Answer

Blair McDougall
Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues in relation to its role as the independent regulator for the postal sector. It is for Ofcom to oversee Royal Mail’s delivery of the universal service obligation and decide how ...

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