Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 70409

Subscriptions: Universal Service Obligation

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to provide guidance to Ofcom on maintaining access to (a) affordable and (b) time-sensitive subscription publications, following changes to the Universal Service Obligation

Answer

Justin Madders

A reliable and affordable universal postal service is crucial to the UK, and we are clear it must work for customers, workers and businesses that help drive growth across the country.Parliament has made Ofcom the independent regulator for the postal secto...

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