Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 7887

Project Gigabit: Rural Areas

Tabled: 8 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024
Named Day

Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal DemocratGlastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of the Project Gigabit fund has been allocated to rural areas.

Answer

Chris Bryant
The latest published data shows that between April 2022 and March 2023, 90% of premises benefiting from publicly-subsidised broadband rollout, including Project Gigabit, were rural.Almost £2 billion of contracts have been signed to connect over a million ...

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