Question follow-through · 83195
Royal Mail: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce performance targets for Royal Mail’s Special Delivery guaranteed services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to introduce performance targets for Royal Mail’s Special Delivery guaranteed services.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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23 Oct 2025
Answer published
It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to ensure the provision of a financially sustainable and efficient universal postal service. Ofcom monitors Royal Mail’s provision of the universal service and has powers to investigate and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Royal Mail
26 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure Royal Mail meets its statutory obligations.