§ Helen SouthworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her estimate is of the volume of spam sent to(a) UK business and (b) private citizens by e-mail in each of the last two years. [179497]
§ Mr. TimmsThe Government have not made an estimate of the amount of spam e-mails sent to UK businesses and private citizens over the past two years. Industry sources estimate that 37 per cent. of UK e-mails were spam in June 2003 and 60.1 per cent. in April 2004.