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Universal Service Obligation

Commons · Question 38570 · 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 plans his Department has to ensure parliamentary oversight of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 25 Mar 2025

Parliament has made Ofcom the independent regulator for the postal sector, and as such Ofcom has the responsibility to ensure the provision of the universal service obligation.Ofcom proposed changes for reform of the universal service obligation in its co...