Question follow-through · 24592
Royal Mail: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on achieving delivery targets for (a) first and (b) second class mail.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on achieving delivery targets for (a) first and (b) second class mail.
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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22 Jan 2025
Answer published
In November I met with Royal Mail’s CEO and stressed the importance of a reliable postal service including for first and second class mail. As the independent regulator for the postal sector, it is for Ofcom to oversee Royal Mail’s delivery of the univers...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Parcels: Import Duties
19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered the potential impact of changes to EU customs duties for small parcels on the responsibility to promote knowledge exchange under the Florence Agreement.