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		Written answer
	answer has question	q92lGrlF
	answer has answering person	John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale
	answer text	<p>Social tariffs are available in 99% of the UK from over 25 different providers to support those on Universal Credit and other means tested benefits to stay connected.</p><p> </p><p>The Department meets regularly with providers of social tariffs to discuss awareness and take up and continues to work closely with Ofcom to encourage operators to do more to promote their social tariff offers to their customers. On 7 July 2023, Melanie Dawes, the Chief Executive of Ofcom, wrote to industry leaders to set out the regulator’s expectation that they take practical action to increase awareness.</p>
	answer given date	2023-10-17
	answer has answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	written answer has answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	answering body has written answer	5aZoapkq
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	answering body has answer	5aZoapkq
q92lGrlF	question has answer	5aZoapkq
John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale	answering person has answer	5aZoapkq