Question follow-through · 87169

Royal Mail: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Royal Mail on the timeliness of their deliveries of (a) penalty charge notices, (b) NHS appointment letters, (c) other time-sensitive and (d) othe

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body: Department for Business and Trade
Tabled: 31 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 4 Nov 2025
Answer: 5 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Royal Mail on the timeliness of their deliveries of (a) penalty charge notices, (b) NHS appointment letters, (c) other time-sensitive and (d) othe
4 Nov 2025
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5 Nov 2025
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Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider. It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to set and monitor Royal Mail’s service standards and decide h...

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