Question follow-through · 84065
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through the Building Digital UK programme to improve broadband access in rural areas; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress to
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through the Building Digital UK programme to improve broadband access in rural areas; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress to
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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29 Oct 2025
Answer published
Project Gigabit is the government’s programme to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to UK premises that are not included in suppliers' commercial plans.According to the independent website, Thinkbroadband.com, 89% of premises in the UK already have access ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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