Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 2004

Broadband: High Peak

Tabled: 26 July 2024
Answered: 1 August 2024

Question

Jon Pearce

Labour — High Peak

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate his Department has made of the increase of availability of super-fast broadband in High Peak constituency in the last five years.

Answer

Chris Bryant
According to Ofcom’s Connected Nations report, in 2019, 86% of premises in the High Peak constituency could access a superfast (>=30mbps) broadband connection. By 2024, that figure had risen to 95%.