Question follow-through · 7887

Project Gigabit: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of the Project Gigabit fund has been allocated to rural areas.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 8 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 14 Oct 2024
Answer: 14 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of the Project Gigabit fund has been allocated to rural areas.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2024
Answer published
The latest published data shows that between April 2022 and March 2023, 90% of premises benefiting from publicly-subsidised broadband rollout, including Project Gigabit, were rural.Almost £2 billion of contracts have been signed to connect over a million ...

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