Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the scale of fraud that Royal Mail alleges was committed by firms under declaring mail using its Printed Postage Impressions product in the period from May 2008 to May 2018; and if he will make a statement.

Operational matters, which include matters relating to Royal’s Printed Postage Impressions service, are the direct responsibility of Royal Mail. The Government does not get involved in the day- to- day operations of the company and does not play a role in handling or resolving issues in relation to postage fraud.

Royal Mail has a well-established process in place to deal with suspected postage fraud. This is handled by the Royal Mail Revenue Protection team, who would be best placed to answer any queries in relation to this issue.”