Social Security Benefits and State Retirement Pensions: Postal Services
Commons · Question 16768 · Tabled 7 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Cat Eccles
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to ensure that recipients of Universal Credit, State Pension and other DWP support are not financially disadvantaged by delayed postal communications, including in Stourbridge
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 14 Jul 2026
The delays to Royal Mail delivery have not had an impact on DWPs ability to deliver its services. DWP has robust plans in place that will be invoked should disruption to service occur, these plans include extension of DWP deadlines that can be invoked to ...