Question follow-through · 60714
Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with mobile phone providers on inflation-linked price increases in fixed-term mobile phone contracts.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with mobile phone providers on inflation-linked price increases in fixed-term mobile phone contracts.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
I have not had any such recent discussions but the Government works closely with Ofcom, the independent regulator of telecommunications, to ensure telecom contracts remain fair and transparent, ensuring significant clauses, such as in-contract price incre...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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