Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 127285

Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 22 April 2026

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has assessed the suitability of incentives to build mobile network infrastructure to meet the needs of rural areas.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

Jointly funded by the Government and the UK’s mobile network operators, the Shared Rural Network is utilising Government funding to incentivise mobile network operators to deliver commercial outdoor mobile coverage in rural areas, where there was previous...

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