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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2023-05-02more like thismore than 2023-05-02
answering body
Department for Business and Trade more like this
answering dept id 214 more like this
answering dept short name Business and Trade more like this
answering dept sort name Business and Trade more like this
hansard heading Post Boxes more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that post boxes remain within an appropriately close distance to all homes so that universal provision of the service is maintained. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle remove filter
uin HL7573 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-05-16more like thismore than 2023-05-16
answer text <p>Ofcom’s regulatory framework requires Royal Mail to ensure that, for the UK as a whole, the premises of not less than 95% of users of postal services are within 5 kilometres of an access point (such as a post box, a Post Office or a Customer Service Point within a Delivery Office) and, in all postcode areas, the premises of 95% of users of postal services are within 10 kilometres of such an access point.</p><p>In its 2022 review of postal regulations, which included a public consultation, Ofcom decided to maintain this regulation as it considered that it remained appropriate to ensure widespread access to the universal postal service.</p> more like this
answering member printed The Earl of Minto more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-05-16T10:46:00.007Zmore like thismore than 2023-05-16T10:46:00.007Z
answering member
4952
label Biography information for The Earl of Minto more like this
tabling member
4719
label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle more like this