u.s.o is there still one in place

[enzio]

is there still an agrement what time last letter should be done by.because of the times changes all over with park and loop we seem to be starting later every revison. we used to be 5 am start now 0630 start.

[arnold cheshire]

universal service obligation you mean ? usa is still there and always will be next to canada

[TrueBlueTerrier]

USO afaik does not stipulate times for last letter on a daily basis. Merley that letters should be delivered 6 days a week and parcels 5 days a week.

The 2010 agreement does say.

The new workplan standardises service delivery times Monday to Saturday. Letter delivery completion times will be up to 1500 hours for residential areas and up to 1600 hours for rural. The vast majority of letter deliveries are planned to be completed by 1430 hours and most by 1400 hours.

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What is the Universal Service?

Since the introduction of the Penny Black in 1840, everybody in the UK has been able to post letters and parcels to any part of the country for the same affordable prices. This, and a guaranteed delivery of mail each working day to the UK’s 28 million addresses, is known as the “Universal Postal Service” (or Universal Service for short) and it is as important to the social fabric of the country as it is to our business and commerce.

It’s our responsibility to define the scope and ensure the provision of the Universal Service, and to recognise that it may need to change over time to accommodate change in the requirements of postal users. Royal Mail is currently its sole provider in the UK, and the following comprise the key parts of the Universal Service that Royal Mail currently provides:
Royal Mail’s First and Second Class services: priority and non-priority letters and packets weighing up to 2kg
Royal Mail’s standard parcel service: non-priority delivery of parcels weighing up to 20kg
Royal Mail’s Special Delivery: a registered and insured next-day delivery service
Royal Mail’s international outbound service, its international public tariff, and international signed-for products - the UK is also subject to the Universal Postal Union’s requirement to deliver mail coming from abroad
Mailsort 1400, First and Second Class: pre-sorted mail of all formats up to 2kg
Cleanmail, First and Second Class: the ‘entry level’ bulk mail product most often used by smaller businesses
Royal Mail's Keepsafe, its mail re-direction for up to 12 months, Post Restante, certificate of posting, and business collections: a range of support services that ensure the security and integrity of the mail