Question follow-through · 233
Broadband: East Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it is his Department's policy to provide £71.5 million funding for the roll-out of fast broadband to rural areas in Stamford, Rutland and Leicestershire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 26 Jul 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it is his Department's policy to provide £71.5 million funding for the roll-out of fast broadband to rural areas in Stamford, Rutland and Leicestershire.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jul 2024
Answer published
The award of a £71.5 million Project Gigabit contract to the broadband supplier CityFibre to connect around 38,600 rural and hard-to-reach premises across Leicestershire and Warwickshire will deliver fast, reliable broadband, with the work due to commence...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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