| Heading: |
Post Boxes: Housing Estates |
| Question ID: |
1785684 |
| UIN: |
38959 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1508 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Geoffrey Cox
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| Asking Member handle: |
Geoffrey_Cox
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Geoffrey_Cox
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered providing access to post boxes in new housing developments. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4418 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Justin Madders
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| Answering Member handle: |
justinmadders
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@justinmadders
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
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 Ofco... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |