Question follow-through · 90901
Broadband: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish an update on the status of the Universal Service Obligation consultation which closed on 27 November 2023; and what assessment she had made of the potential merits o
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 13 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 24 Nov 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish an update on the status of the Universal Service Obligation consultation which closed on 27 November 2023; and what assessment she had made of the potential merits o
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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24 Nov 2025
Answer published
Due to the change in government in 2024, we do not expect to publish a government response to the 2023 public consultation on reviewing the Broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO). However, the information gathered through this is being used to infor...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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