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Question follow-through · 50632

Schools: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 43284 on Schools: Broadband, whether any of the 343 schools are in Bedfordshire.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
20 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 43284 on Schools: Broadband, whether any of the 343 schools are in Bedfordshire.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 May 2025

    Answer published

    Pursuant to the answer of 10 April 2025, five of the 343 schools due to receive a funded upgrade to fibre this year are in Bedfordshire. One of these schools has already been upgraded, with the school benefitting from the new high-speed connection.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Schools: Flood Control

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25 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 50632 on Schools: Broadband, if she will list the five schools in Bedfordshire.

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