Written question asked by Geoffrey Cox (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 March 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 March 2025. It was answered by Justin Madders (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 March 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.
Post Boxes: Housing Estates
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered providing access to post boxes in new housing developments.
- Answer
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The government is not responsible for providing access to post boxes.
Section 29(6) of the Postal Services Act 2011 requires Ofcom, as the independent regulator, to secure the provision of sufficient access points.
Royal Mail is currently required by Ofcom’s Designated Universal Service Provider (DUSP) condition 1.8.1 to provide a post box within half a mile, by straight line distance, of the premises of at least 98% of users of postal services.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 38959
- Session
- 2024-26
- Transferred
- Yes
- Subjects
- Construction Housing estates Post boxes
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