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Mobile Phones: Maidstone and Malling

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to enhance mobile phone reception in Maidstone and Malling constituency.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
25 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to enhance mobile phone reception in Maidstone and Malling constituency.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Government wants all areas of the UK to benefit from mobile connectivity.Ofcom’s reporting shows that 92% of the pre-boundary change constituency area has 4G geographic coverage from all four mobile operators, and that basic (non-standalone) 5G is availab...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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