HC Deb 16 July 1991 vol 195 c106W
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many prosecutions have been proceeded with by British Telecommunications, OFTEL or ICSTIS against operators of premium rate overtly sexual telephone message services.

Mr. Redwood

ICSTIS—the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services—has taken effective action by closing down more than 350 premium rate telephone services so far this year because of their offensive nature. There have been no prosecutions against providers of such services so far.