Question follow-through · 76225
Mobile Phones: Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on the number of mobile phone not-spots in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 23 Sept 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on the number of mobile phone not-spots in Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire constituency.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Sept 2025
Answer published
According to Ofcom’s Connected Nations Spring Update (8 May 2025), approximately 24% of the constituency of Inverness, Skye and West Ross-Shire has no 4G geographic coverage from any mobile network operator (MNO), and similarly around 20% of premises lack...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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