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Mobile Phones: South Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve phone signal in (a) South Derbyshire constituency and (b) rural areas.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 12 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 19 Nov 2024
Answer: 19 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve phone signal in (a) South Derbyshire constituency and (b) rural areas.
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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19 Nov 2024
Answer published
Although I am aware that official reports of mobile coverage often vary substantially from people’s experience on the ground, Ofcom reports that 95% of the pre-boundary change South Derbyshire constituency area has 4G geographic coverage from all four mob...

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