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Environmental Impact Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what environmental impact assessments are required prior to the installation of 6G infrastructure.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 9 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 12 Jun 2025
Answer: 12 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what environmental impact assessments are required prior to the installation of 6G infrastructure.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Government has not yet made any formal decision on what environmental impact assessments may be needed prior to the installation of 6G infrastructure. 6G technology will not be deployed until the 2030s based on current development and standardisation ...

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