United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 40974
Postal Services: Coronavirus
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28 April 2020
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4 May 2020 · Answer
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4 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department was consulted by Royal Mail prior to its suspension of letter deliveries on Saturdays during the covid-19 outbreak.
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28 April 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department was consulted by Royal Mail prior to its suspension of letter deliveries on Saturdays during the covid-19 outbreak.
Source: Commons
4 May 2020
Answer
The Universal Service Obligation is set out in the Postal Services Act 2011. Ministers have no role in temporary changes to the service level. Under section 33 of the Postal Services Act 2011, it is for Royal Mail and Ofcom to manage temporary changes to ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-04-28/40974
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1191206
- uk · wq-1191206 · source updated 4 May 2020