Question follow-through · 7893
Broadband: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of delays to full fibre rollout in West Dorset.
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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
- 16 Jun 2026 · 8 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, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of delays to full fibre rollout in West Dorset.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
According to Ofcom’s Connected Nations reporting, as of January 2026, 67% of premises in the West Dorset constituency already have access to a gigabit-capable broadband connection. To increase this further, Wessex Internet is currently delivering a Projec...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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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.