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Postal Services: West Midlands

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 19 January 2026UIN 106056

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department holds information on delays to postal deliveries in (a) the West Midlands, (b) Birmingham and (c) the Birmingham Northfield constituency.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The government does not collect or hold this information. Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, monitors Royal Mail’s provision of the universal service and has powers to investigate and take enforcement action if Royal Mail fails to achieve its performance targets as appropriate, taking account of all relevant factors.

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