Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 114362

Telecommunications: Finance

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the level of private sector investment in telecoms networks in each year since 2020.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The Department has noted Ofcom’s analysis of telecoms investment in its Connected Nations UK Report 2025. Ofcom estimated that telecoms operators collectively invested £7.8 billion in 2020, £8.6 billion in 2021, £8.7 billion in 2022, £10.2 billion in 2023...

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