Question follow-through · 75906
Railways: Mobile Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of internet connectivity on long-distance rail services between Scotland and London.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of internet connectivity on long-distance rail services between Scotland and London.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
An assessment was carried out as part of the spending review business case. This determined the Low Earth Orbit approach on all mainlines.As a result of the spending review, we secured funding to deliver low earth orbit satellite technology on all mainlin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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