Written questions

Postal Services: Lost Property

Commons · Question 20020 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with Ofcom regarding the adequacy of Royal Mail's claims process for missing parcels.

Answer

Answered by Kate Dearden, 8 Sep 2026

Ministers and officials regularly meet with Ofcom in its capacity as the independent regulator of postal services. Under Ofcom’s consumer protection regulation, all delivery operators must have transparent, simple and inexpensive complaints procedures. Fo...