Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What recent assessment he has made of the impact of rising costs on (a) food producers and (b) the cost of food for consumers.”
Tabled: 30 August 2022Answered: 8 September 2022
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms (Chris Bryant)
More than 30 Project Gigabit contracts are currently in place, with a total value of almost £2 billion, and more are in the pipeline. In the past few months, the first premises have been connected as part of Project Gigabit contracts in areas including Norfolk, West Yorkshire and south Wiltshire, and the build has now started in earnest in other parts of the country.