United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 81191
Voice over Internet Protocol
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10 October 2025
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20 October 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of households that will lose the ability to make emergency calls during a power cut following the switch to digital landlines.
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10 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of households that will lose the ability to make emergency calls during a power cut following the switch to digital landlines.
Source: Commons
20 October 2025
Answer
The Government is committed to ensuring any risks arising from the industry-led migration of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) are mitigated for all customers. No household should be left without means to ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-10/81191
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1839698
- uk · wq-1839698 · source updated 20 October 2025