Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 96157

Broadband: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to being forward legislation to (a) ban and (b) limit mobile phone and broadband above inflation contract increases.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
We have no current plans to legislate to ban or limit above inflation contract price increases for mobile and broadband. Ofcom, the independent telecoms regulator, introduced rules in January 2025 which required that any in-contract price rises must be se...

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