| Heading: |
Broadband: Rural Areas |
| Question ID: |
1811696 |
| UIN: |
59178 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5353 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Anna Gelderd
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Anna Gelderd
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of levels of broadband access on the economic development of rural communities. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
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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: |
Digital infrastructure is a powerful driver of economic growth and development. The telecoms services industry contributed around 2.5% to UK real GVA in 2023, up from 0.3% in 2010.Evidence from the Government’s Superfast programme showed that for every £1... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |