Question follow-through · 486
Postage Stamps: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increased stamp prices for businesses on affordability for consumers of those products, such as magazine media.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 18 May 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of increased stamp prices for businesses on affordability for consumers of those products, such as magazine media.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 May 2026
Answer published
As an independent business, Royal Mail’s management sets the prices for its services. The government does not have a role in the company’s day-to-day commercial or operational decisions. In setting its prices however, Royal Mail must work within the regul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Energy Intensive Industries: Compensation
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will broaden the eligibility criteria for the Energy Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme to include more food manufacturing businesses.