PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Rural Areas: Broadband (8 September 2022)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has with Cabinet colleagues to expedite the roll-out of better broadband to rural communities.
Asked by:
Gareth Bacon (Conservative)
Asked by:
Gareth Bacon (Conservative)
Answer
This Government is already doing a great deal to roll out better broadband in rural areas. Through Project Gigabit, we are spending £5 billion so people in hard-to-reach areas can get ultra-reliable gigabit broadband speeds. We signed our first contract on schedule and have over £690 million of contracts covering rural areas out for tender right now.
Answered by:
Sir Mark Spencer (Conservative)
8 September 2022
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