Question follow-through · 14016
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it is his Department's policy that properties in hard-to-reach hamlets in rural areas (a) must receive gigabit-capable broadband or (b) can receive slower-speed broadband to ens
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 22 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether it is his Department's policy that properties in hard-to-reach hamlets in rural areas (a) must receive gigabit-capable broadband or (b) can receive slower-speed broadband to ens
18 Nov 2024
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22 Nov 2024
Answer published
Project Gigabit is delivering gigabit-capable broadband to UK premises that are not included in suppliers' commercial plans. Our goal is for nationwide gigabit coverage by 2030, ensuring at least 99% of UK premises can access a gigabit-capable connection....
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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