Question follow-through · 905627
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of rural broadband coverage.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of rural broadband coverage.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
Rural broadband coverage is not good enough. We are delivering nationwide gigabit broadband, through Project Gigabit.Between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025, 89% of premises benefitting from government broadband schemes were in rural areas.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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