Mobile Phones
Commons · Question 105501 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an estimate of the total number of active mobile phone (a) connections (b) contracts/subscriptions in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 21 Jan 2026
Ofcom's Telecommunications Market Data Update, published on the 15th of January 2026, shows that the number of active mobile phone subscriptions in the UK was 91 million as of the end of September 2025. This figure represents an increase of 895,000 subscr...