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...