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Voice over Internet Protocol

Commons · Question 97363 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of vulnerable customers impacted by ongoing PSTN switchover programmes.

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 12 Dec 2025

There are an estimated 2 million telecare users in the UK, and many customers may be identified as vulnerable for other reasons, such as landline-dependency. The government does not hold data on the specific number affected by the industry led PSTN migrat...