Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 114560

Digital Broadcasting: Television

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Luke Akehurst

LabourNorth Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of switching off digital terrestrial television on levels of digital and social exclusion among older people, disabled people, those on low in

Answer

Ian Murray
The Government recognises the vital role television plays in the lives of people across the UK and the impact that the discontinuation of digital terrestrial television may have on those at risk of digital and social exclusion, including those with low in...

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