Question follow-through · 9050
Broadband: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to (i) require broadband companies to share underground infrastructure and (ii) help reduce disruption to residents ahead of the ful
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 18 Oct 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to (i) require broadband companies to share underground infrastructure and (ii) help reduce disruption to residents ahead of the ful
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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18 Oct 2024
Answer published
We want operators to use existing underground ducts and share infrastructure, wherever possible. There are requirements on operators to share apparatus and to use underground lines where practicable; and there are regulations in place to support this. The...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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