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Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

Commons · Question 44964 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2025

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Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom on their consultation on the future of the universal service obligation for postal services.

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 24 Apr 2025

Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues in relation to its role as the regulatory authority for the postal sector.The government is committed to a universal service obligation and know Ofcom will use this consultatio...