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Royal Mail: Insolvency

Asked by Steve WitherdenLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 22 April 2026UIN 128139

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made contingency arrangements in the event of Royal Mail becoming insolvent.

Answered by Blair McDougall

The Department develops and maintains contingency plans for a range of scenarios as part of its regular resilience planning. This regular planning includes contingency plans for the insolvency of Royal Mail as the universal service provider.

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