Postal Services: Fees and Charges
(asked on 9th December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to monitor the level of administrative charges by Royal Mail applied to unstamped mail.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 15th December 2025
Royal Mail is an independent business. The government does not have a role in its operational decisions. The operation and administration of Royal Mail’s products and services, including stamps and associated surcharges, is a matter for the business. This includes the authority to apply administrative charges to unstamped mail.