Question follow-through · 117119
Parcels: Delivery Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to require parcel delivery companies to publish regular data on a) delivery success rates, b) complaints volumes, c) compensation claims and d) average resolution times.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to require parcel delivery companies to publish regular data on a) delivery success rates, b) complaints volumes, c) compensation claims and d) average resolution times.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
Ofcom is the independent regulator for the postal sector. The government does not have a role in Ofcom’s regulatory decisions. Ofcom last reviewed postal regulation in 2022 and considered extending the requirement on Royal Mail to publish complaints handl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Kinship Care
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23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his department has made of the number of kinship carers in Newbury who would benefit from the introduction of statutory leave and pay entitlements for kinship carers.
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