Question follow-through · 18528
Voice over Internet Protocol: Gosport
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the migration of analogue phone lines to digital voice over internet protocol on elderly people in Gosport.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the migration of analogue phone lines to digital voice over internet protocol on elderly people in Gosport.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government recognises that some customers may face heightened risks during the migration from the analogue landline network to voice over internet protocol and my officials and I have worked hard since the election on mitigating risks to vulnerable pe...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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