Question follow-through · 14316
Broadband: Social Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the change in public awareness of, and take-up of, broadband and mobile social tariffs between December 2023 and December 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 30 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the change in public awareness of, and take-up of, broadband and mobile social tariffs between December 2023 and December 2025.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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6 Jul 2026
Answer published
There are around 30 social tariff offers currently available to eligible consumers, however, Ofcom data shows that the take up remains relatively low: increasing from 380,000 households in September 2023 to 532,000 by June 2025. Due to an expansion in the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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