2003
December | November | October | September | August | July | June | May | April | March | February | January
December:
- 18th - news release
- Postcomm confirms £7.5m penalty on Royal Mail.
- 17th - news release
- Postcomm welcomes access heads of term.
- 12th - consultation responses
- Responses to Postcomm's review of Royal Mail's licence - condition 20, Postcode Address File code of practice (pdf, 647KB)
- 11th - revocation of industrial action determination
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 13. Licences granted to various companies. Revocation of determination of the Postal Services Commission in relation to industrial action (pdf, 79KB)
- 11th - news release
- Postcomm restores restrictions to postal licences.
- 1st - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Speedmail International Limited - draft (pdf, 381KB)
- 1st - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 50KB)
- 1st - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Notice of a proposal to modify the conditions of a licence granted to Speedmail International Limited (pdf, 70KB)
- 1st - news release
- Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Speedmail and changes to its interim licence.
November:
- 27th - consultation document
- Review of the universal postal service: Postcomm's proposals (pdf, 920KB)
- 27th - news release
- Postcomm suggests changes to UK's universal postal service.
- 26th - consultation responses
- Responses to "The universal postal service in the UK: What services should be provided?" (pdf, 811KB)
- 26th - news release
- Postcomm demands information on Royal Mail discounts and transparency.
- 26th - provisional enforcement order
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 23. Provisional enforcement order (pdf, 66KB)
- 17th - consultation document
- Assessing competitiveness in postal services: Postcomm's proposed criteria (pdf, 76KB).
- 17th - news release
- Postcomm lists five criteria for competition test.
- 11th - news release
- Postcomm asks Royal Mail to work with Postwatch to improve communications with Mailsort customers.
- 11th - consultation responses
- Responses to notice of a proposed direction designating 27 December 2003 as an exception to the universal service obligation (pdf, 72KB).
- 5th - news release
- Postcomm welcomes new chairman.
October:
- 31st - industrial action determination
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 13. Licences granted to various companies. Determination of the Postal Services Commission in relation to industrial action (pdf, 85KB)
- 31st - news release
- Postcomm frees Royal Mail competitors to provide unrestricted postal services.
- 29th - decision document and direction
- Direction designating Saturday 27 December 2003 as an exception to the universal service obligation (pdf, 287KB).
- 29th - news release
- Postcomm allows Royal Mail to suspend postal services on Saturday 27 December.
- 24th - European Commission press notice
- The REIMS agreement (pdf, 102KB). European Commission press notice announcing clearance of the REIMS agreement, under which European postal operators charge each other - and third parties - a fixed percentage of domestic letter prices to deliver incoming international mail. This percentage will rise to 78.5% by 2006.
- 21st - decision document
- Proposed changes to Royal Mail's Standard Parcels and Special delivery products - decision document. Royal Mail Group plc's price and service quality regulation (pdf, 445KB).
- 21st - news release
- Postcomm allows changes to two of Royal Mail's services.
- 13th - policy statement
- Postcomm's licensing policy statement (pdf, 188KB)
- 13th - consultation responses
- Responses to "A compensation scheme for delays by Royal Mail". A supplementary consultation on a proposed determination (pdf, 229KB)
- 9th - briefing
- Compensation if your mail is late (pdf, 114KB)
- 7th - decision document and determination
- A compensation scheme for delays by Royal Mail - determinations by Postcomm (pdf, 176KB).
- 7th - news release
- Postcomm sets compensation rates for delayed mail.
- 3rd - post office network report
- Postcomm's third annual report on the Post Office network (pdf, 1MB).
- 3rd - news release
- Banking on the future of the Post Office network.
September:
- 30th - penalty notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 32. Notice of a proposal to to impose a financial penalty (pdf, 149KB)
- 30th - attachment to penalty notice
- Quality of service statistics (pdf, 127KB)
- 30th - news release
- Postcomm gives Royal Mail notice of £7.5m penalty for quality failures.
- 12th - consultation document
- Notice of a proposed direction designating 27 December 2003 as an exception to the universal service obligation (pdf, 275KB).
- 12th - news release
- Is a postal service needed on Saturday 27 December?
- 12th - presentations
- Postcomm hearing on downstream access: UK Mail presentation (pdf, 1.5MB); Royal Mail presentation (pdf, 56KB) (certain references that Royal Mail considers confidential have been omitted following its representations).
- 12th - news release
- Postcomm designated under RIPA.
- 8th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd (pdf, 95KB)
- 8th - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd (pdf, 8KB)
- 8th - news release
- Postcomm consults on a long term licence for Deutsche Post Global Mail (UK) Ltd.
- 5th - responses to proposed direction
- Responses to Postcomm's "Notice of a proposed direction to Royal Mail on downstream access by UK Mail, to Royal Mail's postal facilities" (pdf, 2.9MB).
August:
- 8th - statement by Postcomm
- Role of the Royal Mail group compliance officer (pdf, 59KB)
- August 2003 - Royal Mail response to proposed direction
- Developing a sustainable solution for downstream access. Royal Mail's response to Postcomm's notice of a proposed direction to Royal Mail on downstream access by UK Mail to Royal Mail's postal facilities. Annexes. (pdf, 996KB)
- August 2003 - consultation responses
- Responses to the proposed changes to Royal Mail's Standard Parcels and Special Delivery products consultation document (pdf, 604KB).
July:
- 31st - review document
- Postcomm's consultation procedures. Review and modification (pdf, 141KB)
- 31st - news release
- Postcomm reviews its consultation procedures.
- 15th - annual report
- Postcomm 2002-03 annual report (pdf, 1.8MB).
- 15th - news release
- Postcomm publishes its annual report and newsletter.
- 4th - consultation document
- Postcomm's approach to exemptions from the need for a licence under the Postal Services Act 2000 (pdf, 402KB)
- 4th - news release
- Postcomm consults on licence exemptions.
- July 2003 - COMMentary
- Postal Services Commission Newsletter, issue 1 (pdf, 256KB).
June:
- 30th - review document
- Review of Royal Mail's licence, condition 20 - Postcode Address File code of practice (pdf, 511KB)
- 30th - news release
- Postcomm reviews Postcode Address File code of practice.
- 27th - news release
- Postcomm agrees working relations with OFT.
- 27th - decision document
- Memorandum of understanding between Postcomm and the OFT (pdf, 222KB).
- 27th - Postcomm assessment
- Postcomm's effectiveness: a self assessment (pdf, 90KB). Assesses Postcomm's behaviour and activities against a number of criteria set by various bodies, including the Public Accounts Committee and the Better Regulation Task Force.
- 18th - news licence
- Happy (or unhappy) with the post? Come along and tell Postcomm (Bristol public meeting).
- 12th - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to UK Mail Ltd on 12 June 2003 (pdf, 358KB)
- 12th - decision statement
- Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to UK Mail Ltd (pdf, 70KB)
- 12th - news release
- Postcomm issues long term licence to UK Mail Ltd.
- 12th - revocation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to UK Mail Ltd (pdf, 52KB)
- 12th - revocation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Express Limited (pdf,52KB)
- 11th - Postcomm submission
- House of Lords Constitution Committee Inquiry: Accountability of Government appointed regulators (pdf, 151KB). Postcomm's submission to the inquiry.
May:
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm invites postal comments: Northern Ireland, Shetland and Orkney Islands and Bristol.
- 19th - notice of a proposed direction
- Notice of a proposed direction to Royal Mail on downstream access, by UK Mail, to Royal Mail's postal facilities (pdf, 1.2MB)
- 19th - notice of a proposed direction - summary
- Notice of a proposed direction to Royal Mail on downstream access, by UK Mail, to Royal Mail's postal facilities. Summary. (pdf, 2MB)
- 19th - news release
- Postcomm proposes access arrangements to enable UK Mail Ltd to use Royal Mail's network.
- 14th - revocation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Revocation of licence granted to Hays Commercial Services Ltd (pdf, 53KB)
- 14th - revocation notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Revocation of licence granted to TPG Post UK Limited (pdf, 51KB).
- 13th - news release
- Postcomm seeks views on changes to two of Royal Mail's services.
- 9th - timetable
- Super-complaint from Postwatch (pdf, 66KB)
- May 2003 - Deloitte and Touche report on operational issues
- Report on the operational issues considered in granting UK Mail access to the Royal Mail pipeline in support of Postcomm's notice of a proposed direction to Royal Mail on downstream access by UK Mail to Royal Mail's postal facilities (pdf, 877KB).
- May 2003 - Frontier Economics report on access costing
- Access costing. A final report prepared for Postcomm in support of its notice of a proposed direction to Royal Mail on downstream access, by UK Mail, to Royal Mail's postal facilities (pdf, 3.2MB)
- May 2003
- A study into certain aspects of the cost of capital for regulated utilities in the UK (pdf, 715KB). Produced for the Joint Economic Regulators' Group, of which Postcomm is a member, the report discusses a range of issues associated with setting the costs of capital for regulated industries. Its conclusions do not necessarily reflect Postcomm's views.
- May 2003 - consultation document
- Proposed changes to Royal Mail's Standard Parcels and Special delivery products - consultation document. Royal Mail Group plc's price and service quality regulation (pdf, 209KB).
April:
- 30th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to UK Mail Limited - draft (pdf, 363KB)
- 30th - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a long term licence to UK Mail Limited (pdf, 64KB)
- 30th - news release
- Postcomm consults on a long term licence for UK Mail.
- 23rd - licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Express Limited, April 2003 (pdf, 375KB).
- 23rd - decision document
- Postal Services Commission, decision statement. Grant of a licence to Express Limited (pdf, 68KB)
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm issues long term licence to Express.
- 23rd - consultation document
- A compensation scheme for delays by Royal Mail. Supplementary consultation on a proposed determination (pdf, 97KB)
- 23rd - news release
- Postcomm consults on the details of compensation for delayed mail.
- 10th - consultation document
- The universal postal service in the UK: What services should be provided? (pdf, 231KB)
- 10th - leaflet
- What do you want from the universal service? (pdf, 56KB)
- 10th - news release
- Postcomm asks customers what they want from the universal postal service.
- 1st - Royal Mail licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Amended licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc (formerly Consignia) on 23 March 2001 and amended on 1 April 2003 (pdf, 199KB).
March:
- 31st - licence modification
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 14. Modification of the conditions of the licence granted to Royal Mail Group plc (pdf, 624KB)
- 31st- news release
- Postcomm modifies Royal Mail's licence to include new price control.
- 31st - decision document
- Review of Royal Mail Group plc's price and service quality regulation. Second Price Control, quality service targets and compensation - licence modification and decision document (pdf, 1.1MB)
- 28th - news release
- Postcomm halts enforcement process on postcode performance after new information from Royal Mail.
- 28th - decision notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 27. Notice of a decision not to make a final order (pdf, 773KB).
- 28th - forward work plan
- Postcomm 2003 forward work plan (pdf, 553KB).
- 24th - consultation responses
- Responses to the February 2003 consultation paper "Review of Royal Mail Group plc's price and service quality regulation. Second price control, quality service targets and compensation - final proposals" (pdf, 1.6MB)
- 10th - draft licence
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Licence granted to Express Limited, March 2003 (pdf, 438KB).
- 10th - consultation document
- Postal Services Act 2000, Sections 11 and 12. Notice of a proposal to grant a licence to Express Limited (pdf, 57KB)
- 10th - news release
- Postcomm consults on long term licence for Express.
- 5th - Royal Mail industrial relations
- Independent report on industrial relations between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union. Second Review, March 2003 (pdf, 171KB).
February:
- 28th - notice of licence revocation
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 11. Notice to revoke licence granted to Deya Limited (pdf, 41KB)
- 21st - news release
- Postcomm extends consultation on price control.
- 11th - news release
- Wreck-u-lation? No, normal regulatory practice.
- 11th - news release
- Postcomm invites postal comments in Yorkshire, Wales and Kent.
- 7th - draft notice
- Postal Services Act 2000, Section 26. Draft notice in relation to a proposed final order (pdf, 701KB)
- 7th - news release
- Postcomm tells Royal Mail to tighten up on poorly performing postcode areas.
- 6th - final proposals
- Review of Royal Mail Group plc's price and service quality regulation. February 2003. Second price control, quality service targets and compensation - final proposals document (pdf, 1.9MB).
- 6th - final proposals - technical annexes
- Review of Royal Mail Group plc's price and service quality regulation. February 2003. Second price control - technical annexes (pdf, 1.6MB)
- 6th - news release
- Postcomm allows Royal Mail £750 million to improve services and prepare for competition.
January:
- 31st - policy statement
- Royal Mail licence Condition 1 - exceptions to the universal service obligation, policy statement (pdf, 322KB)
- 31st - decision document and direction
- Royal Mail licence Condition 1 - exceptions to the universal service obligation, decision document and direction (pdf, 1.2MB)
- 31st - news release
- Postcomm sets clearer rules for exceptions to the universal service obligation.
- 17th - decision document and statement of policy
- Enforcement policy - criminal offences (pdf, 321KB).
