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1697813

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date	21/03/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Postage Stamps: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the planned increase in the cost of first class stamps on the affordability of the postal service.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	19912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, to ensure that the universal postal service is affordable for customers as well as being efficient and financially sustainable. Royal Mail must work within Ofcom's regulatory framework, including the current price cap that prevents second class post rising above inflation, to ensure the availability of a basic affordable universal service.</p><p>Ofcom recently reviewed the safeguard caps and announced on 24 January 2024 that it would retain the safeguard cap on second class standard and large letters and not allow the safeguard cap to rise higher than CPI inflation.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 02/04/2024 13:16:53 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1691363

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Publishing: Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing the universal service obligation to five-days-a-week on publishers with magazine subscription models.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	15458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Ofcom, as the designated independent regulator of postal services, is responsible for ensuring the provision of a universal postal service that meets users’ needs. I note Ofcom’s recently published discussion document setting out potential options to reform the service, reflecting changing market conditions and consumers’ needs. All those with an interest in postal services may submit responses to Ofcom’s call for inputs (<a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/the-future-of-the-universal-postal-service" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/the-future-of-the-universal-postal-service</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government will consider any recommendations that Ofcom puts forward, but Ministers are not currently minded to introduce new legislation to change the current obligations on postal deliveries.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 04/03/2024 12:09:56 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1653466

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Tickets: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2023 to Question 166159 on Tickets: Sales, when she plans to publish a response to the report by the Competition and Markets Authority entitled Secondary ticketing websites published in August 2021.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	194443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The government published its response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s secondary ticketing report on 10 May 2023. A copy of the response can be found on the gov.uk website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-recommendations-on-secondary-ticketing-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-recommendations-on-secondary-ticketing-government-response</a>).</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 25/07/2023 16:22:14 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1584503

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Advertising: Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of a reduction in the Universal Service Obligation to five days on UK advertising mail and print magazine advertising.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	140196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to change the statutory minimum requirements of the universal postal service, set out in the Postal Services Act 2011, which requires Royal Mail to deliver letters to every UK address, six days a week at standard price.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 140197 question first answered 14/02/2023 09:41:51 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1584505

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Post Office: Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of a reduction in the Post Office's Universal Service Obligation to five days on letters sent by hospitals and courts.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	140197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to change the statutory minimum requirements of the universal postal service, set out in the Postal Services Act 2011, which requires Royal Mail to deliver letters to every UK address, six days a week at standard price.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 140196 question first answered 14/02/2023 09:41:51 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day