Question follow-through · 50983
Telecommunications: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2016 on the number of complaints from residents about the proposed site locati
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2016 on the number of complaints from residents about the proposed site locati
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 May 2025
Answer published
The Government is aware of public concerns about the deployment of additional broadband infrastructure, despite the guidance provided in the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2016. This is why I asked operators to consider revising the Code ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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