Subject	Predicate	Object
EEJbt0oT	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	z0Cea2un
	answer has answering person	Edward Vaizey
	answer text	<p>No such assessment has been made, but we are aware that after ICO issued a large monetary penalty in November 2012 for spam text messages, the monitoring service Cloudmark reported a 10% drop in unsolicited spam SMS text messages. We remain keen to ensure robust enforcement of the regulations, so that companies breaking the rules are caught and penalised.</p><p>Our Nuisance Calls Action Plan that was published on 30 March 2014, details the range of legislative and non-legislative measures being taken forward to tackle nuisance calls and texts and the plan can be viewed at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled</p>
	answer given date	2014-06-24
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	EEJbt0oT
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	EEJbt0oT
z0Cea2un	question has answer	EEJbt0oT
Edward Vaizey	answering person has answer	EEJbt0oT