Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 87169

Royal Mail: Standards

Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Royal Mail on the timeliness of their deliveries of (a) penalty charge notices, (b) NHS appointment letters, (c) other time-sensitive and (d) othe

Answer

Blair McDougall
Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider. It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to set and monitor Royal Mail’s service standards and decide h...

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