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Mobile Broadband: Houghton Regis

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will take steps to help improve the quality of mobile phone signal in (a) Houghton Regis and (b) Bidwell West.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 24 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 26 Jul 2024
Answer: 31 Jul 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

24 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will take steps to help improve the quality of mobile phone signal in (a) Houghton Regis and (b) Bidwell West.
26 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving mobile coverage across the UK. Ofcom’s most recent coverage data for the former constituency of South West Bedfordshire shows 98% 4G geographic coverage from all four mobile network operators and that 5G is availab...

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