Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 82974

Broadband: Rural Areas

Tabled: 17 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Ben Lake

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing fiscal incentives to support private investment in rural broadband networks, in the context of the Physical Inf

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 my officials are engaging with Ofc...

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