Oral Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
“What steps his Department is taking to enhance mobile phone reception in Bridgwater constituency.”
Tabled: 10 October 2024Answered: 16 October 2024
Asked by
Sir Ashley Fox
Conservative — Bridgwater
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms (Chris Bryant)
The most recent statistics, which are available for the old shape of the hon. Gentleman’s constituency, suggest that 97% of properties there have 4G connection. However, I am not sure that the statistics reflect the lived experience of most people in his constituency—or, I suspect, any other constituency in the land. That is not good enough, which is why our ambition is for all populated areas to have stand-alone 5G by 2030.