Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 82567

Broadband: Rural Areas

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat — Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of current Ofcom Passive Infrastructure Access pricing on the economic viability of rural broadband deployment by alterna

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

As the independent regulator for telecommunications, Ofcom is responsible for making regulatory decisions in the fixed telecoms sector, including on the Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product.For this reason, while we are engaging with Ofcom on this...

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