Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 99398

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Jen Craft

LabourThurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on reforming the Universal Service Obligation.

Answer

Blair McDougall
Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider.Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, has a duty to secure the provision of a financially sustainable and effic...

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