To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether (a) he and (b) his officials have held recent discussions with TNT on a partial sale of Royal Mail. (263011)

[holding answer 12 March 2009]: This Department has had discussions with a number of potential partners for Royal Mail in recent weeks, including TNT.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether (a) he and (b) his officials have held discussions with TNT on the General Logistics Service. (263012)

[holding answer 12 March 2009]: This Department has had discussions with a number of potential partners for Royal Mail in recent weeks, including TNT. GLS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Mail Group and has been discussed in that context.