Question follow-through · 9577
Voice over Internet Protocol
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the planned switch from the Public Switched Telephone Network to Voice over Internet Protocol does not compromise (a) national security and (b
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 25 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the planned switch from the Public Switched Telephone Network to Voice over Internet Protocol does not compromise (a) national security and (b
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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25 Oct 2024
Answer published
Since the general election I have worked with other departments and industry in an effort to ensure that the industry’s necessary retirement of the Public Switched Telephone Network does not compromise national security, and that vulnerable people and oth...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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