Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 59893

Broadband: Infrastructure

Tabled: 13 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has provided guidance to telecommunications companies on addressing community concerns on the visual impact of broadband poles.

Answer

Chris Bryant
I wrote to operators on 16 August 2024 calling on them to consider revising the Cabinet Siting and Pole Siting Code of Practice to take into account communities’ concerns. The industry answered my call by convening the Telecommunications Poles Working Gro...
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