Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, column 292W, on Royal Mail, by what date he expects to make a decision on whether a discretionary payment will be made; and whether he expects this decision to be made after the report of Lord Myners on the privatisation of Royal Mail has been submitted.

No decision has been made about the payment of the discretionary element of the fee and we have not set a timetable for making the decision. We will consider a number of factors when deciding whether to award this.