Question follow-through · 903452
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve broadband connectivity in rural communities.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 20 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve broadband connectivity in rural communities.
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2025
Answer published
According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, over 86% of UK premises can access a gigabit-capable broadband connection.More than £2 billion of contracts have now been signed to provide gigabit connectivity to over a million more premises. The ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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