Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
(asked on 22nd November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has held with Royal Mail about their capacity to fulfil their Universal Service Obligation.
This question was answered on 25th November 2022
The Department has regular discussions with Royal Mail on a wide range of issues.
The Postal Services Act 2011 gives Ofcom responsibility to secure the provision of the UK’s universal postal service.
Ofcom has the powers and tools to protect the universal service and it has in place an effective monitoring regime that is able to identify any threats to it.