Question follow-through · 94989
NHS: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his department is taking to help ensure that Royal Mail provide timely and reliable delivery of NHS appointment letters to patients in rural constituencies.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 1 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Economy and business
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his department is taking to help ensure that Royal Mail provide timely and reliable delivery of NHS appointment letters to patients in rural constituencies.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Dec 2025
Answer published
The government recognises the importance of timely delivery of NHS appointment letters, particularly for patients in rural areas. Royal Mail is required under the Universal Service Obligation to deliver priority letters six days a week to every UK address...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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