Question follow-through · 10886

Voice over Internet Protocol

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information his Department holds on whether customers who are required to transition from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) landline phones to Voice over Internet Protocol (

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
31 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information his Department holds on whether customers who are required to transition from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) landline phones to Voice over Internet Protocol (

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Government engages regularly with communications providers to ensure that the industry-led switch-off of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) proceeds safely and with minimum inconvenience for end users. ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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