Question follow-through · 127511
Royal Mail: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure Royal Mail responds to the Hon Member for St Albans and other Hon Members with regards to constituency casework correspondence.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 15 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure Royal Mail responds to the Hon Member for St Albans and other Hon Members with regards to constituency casework correspondence.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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20 Apr 2026
Answer published
Royal Mail is an independent business. However, I have been assured that it endeavours to respond to all correspondence in a timely manner and to provide a full response to concerns Honourable Members raise, rather than a standard response. Some concerns ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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