Question follow-through · 82958
Broadband: Optical Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to encourage internet network providers to increase the coverage of full fibre broadband in (a) residential flats and (b) commercial properties.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 17 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to encourage internet network providers to increase the coverage of full fibre broadband in (a) residential flats and (b) commercial properties.
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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27 Oct 2025
Answer published
As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement on 21 July we will consult on policy measures later in the autumn to create a new right for leaseholders to request a gigabit broadband connection and a duty for freeholders to not unreasonably refuse the re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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