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<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>OurNuisance Calls Action Plan that was published on 30th 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: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled</a></p>
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