Question follow-through · 99489
Voice over Internet Protocol: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the phasing out of telephone landlines on residents in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the phasing out of telephone landlines on residents in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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22 Dec 2025
Answer published
Landlines are not being phased out. The technology underpinning landline telephones is being modernised from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). VoIP enables clearer and better-quality phone calls, improved...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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