Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 97363

Voice over Internet Protocol

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of vulnerable customers impacted by ongoing PSTN switchover programmes.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
There are an estimated 2 million telecare users in the UK, and many customers may be identified as vulnerable for other reasons, such as landline-dependency. The government does not hold data on the specific number affected by the industry led PSTN migrat...

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