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Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

Commons · Question 44963 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure there will be parliamentary oversight of reforms to the Universal Service Obligation for postal services.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 24 Apr 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 reforms to the universal service obligation in its consultation...