Question follow-through · 14100
Postal Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the effectiveness of Royal Mail's delivery of the universal service obligation on letter delivery delays.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the effectiveness of Royal Mail's delivery of the universal service obligation on letter delivery delays.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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18 Nov 2024
Answer published
Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues in relation to its role as the regulatory authority for the postal sector, including the overall provision of the universal service obligation. It is for Ofcom, as the independ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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