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Department for Work and Pensions and NHS: Postal Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Ofcom's decision to allow Royal Mail to cut Saturday deliveries and move to an alternating weekday model for second class letters on t

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
15 Jul 2025
Target answer date
21 Jul 2025
Answer
21 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Ofcom's decision to allow Royal Mail to cut Saturday deliveries and move to an alternating weekday model for second class letters on t

  2. 21 Jul 2025

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  3. 21 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    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.Ofcom has reviewed the future of the universal postal service so that it...

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