# Power banks — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Power banks, carrier is Royal Mail / Parcelforce; restriction type is prohibited; scope is UK and International (Post Office counter); conditions is Power banks contain a lithium battery used as a spare/portable charging device and are therefore classed as lithium batteries, which are prohibited when sent solo, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Power banks _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** Royal Mail / Parcelforce _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** UK and International (Post Office counter) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Power banks contain a lithium battery used as a spare/portable charging device and are therefore classed as lithium batteries, which are prohibited when sent solo. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Power Banks, Power banks are a small device containing a lithium battery used as a type of spare/portable charging device for electronic items. They are therefore classed as lithium batteries.

## Source

- https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/media/w5dlus1c/foia-response_foi2025_00179_appendix-d_rm-dangerous-goods-and-prohibited-and-restricted.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).