Written question asked by John Cooper (Conservative) on Friday, 31 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 November 2025. It was answered by Kate Dearden (Labour) on Monday, 10 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.
Digital Technology: Subscriptions
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of section 267 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 on platform fees for digital subscriptions.
- Answer
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The Government has consulted on how refunds should work when consumers exercise their statutory cooling-off rights (Consultation on the implementation of the new subscription contracts regime). We are analysing all the responses, including in relation to digital platform fees and views from the printed news sector.
The impact assessment for the subscriptions chapter in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act can be found here: Subscription traps: annex 2 impact assessment. Together the subscription measures are anticipated to provide £400m of consumer benefits per year and the estimated net direct cost to businesses is £171m per year. Sector-specific analysis has not been conducted.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 87203
- Session
- 2024-26
- Grouped for answer
- Yes
- Subjects
- Digital technology Subscriptions
- Legislation
- Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
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