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Royal Mail: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofcom’s financial penalties in improving Royal Mail’s ability to meet its performance targets; and if he will take steps to ensure that future fines
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofcom’s financial penalties in improving Royal Mail’s ability to meet its performance targets; and if he will take steps to ensure that future fines
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2025
Answer published
Ofcom’s financial penalties are regulatory decisions in which the government does not have a role. The government expects Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to ensure the provision of a financially sustainable and efficient universal ...
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