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...