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

LabourStourbridge

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 Western
The 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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