Question follow-through · 123861
Royal Mail: Delivery Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure Royal Mail improves first- and second-class delivery performance following Ofcom’s recent findings and fines.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure Royal Mail improves first- and second-class delivery performance following Ofcom’s recent findings and fines.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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13 Apr 2026
Answer published
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13 Apr 2026
Answer corrected
Ofcom, as the independent regulator, is responsible for setting and enforcing Royal Mail’s service standards. I met senior officials from Ofcom on 11 March.I met Royal Mail’s CEO, Alistair Cochrane, on 3 February to press him on making demonstrable improv...
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