HC Deb 22 June 2004 vol 422 c1319W
Helen Southworth

To 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. Timms

The 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.