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Coffey, Ann
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions his Department has had with groups representing (a) the elderly and (b) the disabled on assisting older people with digital switchover.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions his Department has had with groups representing (a) the elderly and (b) the disabled on assisting older people with digital switchover.
Asked by
Ann Coffey
(Labour)
Answered by
Andy Burnham
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
4 March 2009
For answer on
11 March 2009
Answered on
16 March 2009
[holding answer 11 March 2009]: My Department holds quarterly meetings with the Consumer Expert Group (CEG) set up to advise Government on consumer issues relating to digital television. Help the Aged, Age Concern, the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, the Royal National Institute for the Blind, the Telecommunications Action Group and Sense are all represented on the Group. Digital UK and the Digital Switchover Help Scheme Ltd. who administer the Switchover Help Scheme for the BBC also attend.In addition, we occasionally have separate meetings with members of CEG.At the request of the Government, the group made a number of recommendations on the structure and operation of the help scheme which provides assistance to older and significantly disabled people through digital switchover and these are available at"www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk"
Subjects
Digital switchover help scheme
Date
16 March 2009
Reference
489 c816W;489 c818W; 261855
House
House of Commons