Question follow-through · 119714
Digital Broadcasting: Television
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any decision-making process regarding switching off the UK's digital terrestrial television will take into account the impact on rural areas with poor broadband quality.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Culture, media and sport
- Cinemas: Finance · 10 Apr 2026
- Youth Services: Finance · 29 May 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any decision-making process regarding switching off the UK's digital terrestrial television will take into account the impact on rural areas with poor broadband quality.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
Digital inclusion and ensuring that all households across the country have access to high-quality, reliable broadband is a priority for the Government. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working closely with the Department for Science, Innovat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Cinemas: Finance
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what capital funds are open to independent cinemas.
Youth Services: Finance
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, regarding the Better Youth Spaces Fund, what the timeline is for Phase 2; what the criteria will be; and whether it will include rural and coastal areas.