Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 90486

Telecommunications: Infrastructure

Tabled: 12 November 2025

Answered: 25 November 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the number of telecommunication landlords that have ceased to host infrastructure since the Electronic Communications Code 2017 was implemented.

Answer

Kanishka Narayan

The Department has not undertaken comprehensive monitoring of the number of active Code agreements following the 2017 reforms. However, based on Ofcom reporting, 4G geographic coverage from at least one operator has increased from 78% in 2017 to 96% in Ju...

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