Question follow-through · 115957
Postal Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with Royal Mail on taking steps to provide timely deliveries during (a) adverse weather events and (b) periods of high staff sickness absence.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with Royal Mail on taking steps to provide timely deliveries during (a) adverse weather events and (b) periods of high staff sickness absence.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Mar 2026
Answer published
Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider. Royal Mail is an independent, privately‑owned business, and the government does not have a role in its operational decisions. Of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Schools: Conditions of Employment
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