Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on digitally excluded and vulnerable households of withdrawals of digital terrestrial television services.

The Government is clear that no one should be left behind as television watching increasingly moves online. A core objective of the Department’s work relating to the future of TV distribution is to ensure that any transition is inclusive, and supports both the continued sustainability of the UK’s media ecosystem and the Government’s wider ambitions for digital inclusion. Further information can be found in the Government’s recent Media Green Paper, titled Watch this Space.