To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to reduce delays to postal services.
Answered on
17 December 2020
The postal service plays an important role in helping to mitigate the impacts of coronavirus on individuals, families, and businesses up and down the country.
Royal Mail, a private company, has well-established contingency plans to mitigate disruption to postal services overseen by Ofcom, the independent regulator. The Government is not involved in the day-to-day operations of the company.
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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