| Heading: |
Broadband: Rural Areas |
| Question ID: |
1788539 |
| UIN: |
41367 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5100 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Blake Stephenson
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Blake Stephenson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department plans to take to help deliver gigabit broadband in rural villages of fewer than 200 houses. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-02 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
We do not have a specific category of villages with fewer than 200 houses, but as part of Project Gigabit, over £2 billion of contracts have been signed to connect over a million premises with gigabit-capable broadband. These contracts are targeted at rea... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |