Question follow-through · 8416
Project Gigabit: Cumbria
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his Department's planned timetable is for making a decision on whether the parishes of (a) Warcop, (b) Hilton, (c) Murton and (d) Ormside will be included in Project Gigabit.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his Department's planned timetable is for making a decision on whether the parishes of (a) Warcop, (b) Hilton, (c) Murton and (d) Ormside will be included in Project Gigabit.
17 Oct 2024
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17 Oct 2024
Answer published
A Project Gigabit contract for Cumbria has been awarded to the broadband supplier Fibrus. Discussion on the inclusion of the parishes of Warcop, Hilton, Murton and Ormside within the contract is currently underway with Fibrus, with the aim of reaching an ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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