Question follow-through · 7889

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department uses street-level mobile coverage data when assessing connectivity in rural areas.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
10 Jun 2026
Answer
17 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department uses street-level mobile coverage data when assessing connectivity in rural areas.

  2. 10 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The regulator, Ofcom, is responsible for reporting on the state of mobile network coverage across the UK. Mobile network coverage data for the West Dorset constituency is available as part of Ofcom’s Connected Nations reporting, as well for specific addre...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Broadband: West Dorset

15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the time taken for full fibre rollout in West Dorset.