Oral QuestionDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

What steps he is taking to improve rural mobile coverage.

Tabled: 19 June 2025Answered: 25 June 2025

Asked by

Caroline Voaden

Liberal DemocratSouth Devon

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms (Chris Bryant)

Rural mobile coverage just is not good enough, which is why we have committed all the money needed to complete the shared rural network, with new masts coming online every month. I can also announce that Ofcom’s new coverage checker will come online tomorrow, and I urge every single Member to check their constituency then.