Question follow-through · 111095
Absent Voting: Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail's on its ability to deliver outgoing and returned postal votes.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail's on its ability to deliver outgoing and returned postal votes.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2026
Answer published
Officials in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government meet regularly with the Royal Mail to discuss matters relating to elections including capacity, capability and contingency planning.As part of the usual engagement ahead of the signifi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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