Question follow-through · 62343
Royal Mail: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the causes of delays in the delivery of first class post by Royal Mail in (a) the UK (b) Hampshire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the causes of delays in the delivery of first class post by Royal Mail in (a) the UK (b) Hampshire.
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2025
Answer published
Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues in relation to its role as the independent regulator for the postal sector.It is for Ofcom to decide how to respond should Royal Mail fail to meet its obligations. While the go...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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