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Telecommunications: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans his Department has to enable Ofcom to regulate poor customer service.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
24 Mar 2025
Answer
28 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans his Department has to enable Ofcom to regulate poor customer service.

  2. 24 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Ofcom’s principal duty, established by the Communications Act 2003, is to further the interests of citizens and consumers, and Ofcom sets its regulatory framework to promote good outcomes for consumers, in line with this duty.For telecoms, Ofcom has a dut...

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