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...