Question follow-through · 123658
Television: Digital Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has assessed the extent to which switching off digital terrestrial television could require households to take out broadband subscriptions in order to access television ser
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 14 Apr 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Culture, media and sport
- Broadband: Digital Broadcasting · 26 Mar 2026
- Television: Internet · 20 Apr 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has assessed the extent to which switching off digital terrestrial television could require households to take out broadband subscriptions in order to access television ser
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the importance of ensuring that television services remain affordable, reliable, and accessible to all households. The Government’s Future of TV Distribution project is undertaking work to assess the future of digital terrestrial...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Broadband: Digital Broadcasting
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to support households with broadband connectivity costs in a transition from digital terrestrial television to IPTV
Television: Internet
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 123660 on Television: Internet, whether her Department’s definition of universal access to free-to-air television requires that households be a