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

Broadband: High Peak

Tabled: 26 July 2024
Answered: 1 August 2024

Question

Jon Pearce

LabourHigh 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%.