Written questions

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

Commons · Question 38569 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Universal Service Obligation reform on the affordability of postal services for consumers.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 25 Mar 2025

It is the responsibility of Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to ensure that the universal postal service is affordable for customers as well as being efficient and financially sustainable. In its consultation document proposing a pa...