Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96167

Voice Over Internet Protocol

Tabled: 2 December 2025

Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Jim McMahon

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of vulnerable users of telecare alarms who have (a) successfully transferred and (b) not yet transferred from analogue to digital systems.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

There is limited data available on the number of telecare users in England and/or the United Kingdom. Our best available estimate comes from the TEC Services Association, who estimate that there are upwards of two million telecare users in the UK.To impro...

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