Question follow-through · 33132

Voice over Internet Protocol: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will meet with Silver Voices to discuss their safety concerns in relation to the digital switchover.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
27 Feb 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will meet with Silver Voices to discuss their safety concerns in relation to the digital switchover.

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    This is an issue that the new Government takes especially seriously, which is why my officials have been in regular contact with Silver Voices and met them on two occasions.I will write separately with further detail on the Public Switched Telephone Netwo...

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