Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 84065

Broadband: Rural Areas

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

LabourSuffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking through the Building Digital UK programme to improve broadband access in rural areas; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress to

Answer

Kanishka Narayan
Project Gigabit is the government’s programme to deliver gigabit-capable broadband to UK premises that are not included in suppliers' commercial plans.According to the independent website, Thinkbroadband.com, 89% of premises in the UK already have access ...

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