Question follow-through · 87131

5G: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to commission a review of the 2017 Electronic Communications Code reforms to evaluate its potential impact on the deployment of 5G masts.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
31 Oct 2025
Target answer date
4 Nov 2025
Answer
10 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to commission a review of the 2017 Electronic Communications Code reforms to evaluate its potential impact on the deployment of 5G masts.

  2. 4 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Government has no plans to conduct a formal review of the 2017 reforms to the Electronic Communications Code before commencing the remaining sections of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.The aim of the 2017 reforms was to...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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