Question follow-through · 900935

Economic Growth: Rural Areas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to increase growth in rural areas.

answeredTreasury

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Treasury
Tabled
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
29 Oct 2024
Answer
29 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to increase growth in rural areas.

  2. 29 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    A prosperous rural economy will be underpinned by improvements to rural connectivity and productivity, the availability of affordable energy and access to services. To this end, the UK Government is investing £5 billion in broadband connectivity which wil...

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