Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 95544

Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 28 November 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

ConservativeFarnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to protect the elderly and most vulnerable from unsolicited calls selling mobile phone upgrades or contracts.

Answer

Ian Murray
Unsolicited direct marketing calls are regulated by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). Under PECR, companies must not make live marketing calls to a number that is registered on the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) list. ...

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