Question follow-through · 26854
Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the detail of data on mobile coverage is improved to the same level as that available for fixed broadband coverage.
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- Answering body
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the detail of data on mobile coverage is improved to the same level as that available for fixed broadband coverage.
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Fixed broadband and mobile connectivity are two distinct technologies and are reported on using different methodologies, making direct, like for like, comparisons challenging. However, ensuring accurate and transparent reporting of mobile connectivity rem...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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