Question follow-through · 100194
Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Mail on the continued viability of the Universal Service Obligation.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Mail on the continued viability of the Universal Service Obligation.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2025
Answer published
Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider.Ofcom has a primary duty to secure the provision of a universal postal service, having regard to its financial sustainability and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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