Steve Witherden: DBT: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Royal Mail: Insolvency

Wednesday 22nd April 2026

Asked by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

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 - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)

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.