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Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the roll out of broadband in rural areas.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 6 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 12 Feb 2025
Answer: 12 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the roll out of broadband in rural areas.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2025
Answer published
Our assessment is that rural coverage is not good enough which is why we are committed to improving it. We are committed to delivering nationwide gigabit coverage by 2030. More than £2 billion of contracts have been signed to provide access to gigabit-cap...

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