Question follow-through · 77608
Shared Rural Network
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timeframe is for the (a) delivery and (b) start of the Shared Rural Network.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timeframe is for the (a) delivery and (b) start of the Shared Rural Network.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Shared Rural Network began in March 2020 and has already achieved its main target, extending 4G mobile coverage to over 95% of UK landmass, which was achieved a year ahead of its December 2025 target and verified by Ofcom in May 2025. The programme ha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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