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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- 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
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.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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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.