Question follow-through · 49699
Broadband: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current level of Physical Infrastructure Access fees.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current level of Physical Infrastructure Access fees.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
Ofcom’s Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) framework supports market entry and expansion by alternative network operators via access to Openreach’s ducts, poles, and other utility infrastructure.Ofcom has powers to impose access conditions on electronic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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