Question follow-through · 20391
Internet: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) improve internet services for rural communities and (b) ensure that internet companies do not have monopolies in rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 24 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) improve internet services for rural communities and (b) ensure that internet companies do not have monopolies in rural areas.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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24 Dec 2024
Answer published
The government helped create a competition-friendly environment which supports over 100 providers in the UK deploying broadband in commercially viable areas. Through Project Gigabit, the government is delivering gigabit-capable broadband to UK premises th...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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