Universal Service Obligation
(asked on 10th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with Ofcom on reviewing the Universal Service Obligation.
This question was answered on 18th January 2023
Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues in relation to its role as the regulatory authority for the postal sector, including the provision of the universal service obligation.
The Government currently has no plans to change the minimum requirements of the universal postal service which are set out in the Postal Services Act 2011.