Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 16768
Social Security Benefits and State Retirement Pensions: Postal Services
Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026
Question
Cat Eccles
Labour — Stourbridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to ensure that recipients of Universal Credit, State Pension and other DWP support are not financially disadvantaged by delayed postal communications, including in Stourbridge
Answer
Andrew WesternThe delays to Royal Mail delivery have not had an impact on DWPs ability to deliver its services. DWP has robust plans in place that will be invoked should disruption to service occur, these plans include extension of DWP deadlines that can be invoked to ...
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