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Subscriptions: Universal Service Obligation

Commons · Question 70409 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 3 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to provide guidance to Ofcom on maintaining access to (a) affordable and (b) time-sensitive subscription publications, following changes to the Universal Service Obligation

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 3 Sep 2025

A reliable and affordable universal postal service is crucial to the UK, and we are clear it must work for customers, workers and businesses that help drive growth across the country.Parliament has made Ofcom the independent regulator for the postal secto...