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Royal Mail: Standards

Commons · Question 87169 · Tabled 31 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Royal Mail on the timeliness of their deliveries of (a) penalty charge notices, (b) NHS appointment letters, (c) other time-sensitive and (d) othe

Answer

Answered by Blair McDougall, 5 Nov 2025

Ministers and officials have discussions with Royal Mail on a regular basis in its capacity as the universal service provider. It is for Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to set and monitor Royal Mail’s service standards and decide h...