PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(10 December 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent progress has been made by Building Digital UK on the roll-out of Project Gigabit in West Worcestershire; and how many additional premises will be connected to full fibre broadband in that constituency by the end of 2025.

Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)

According to the independent website Thinkbroadband.com, 71% of premises in the West Worcestershire constituency can access a gigabit-capable broadband connection. As part of Project Gigabit, we are putting in place a contract to improve this coverage further. We plan to announce the details of this contract, including how many premises in Worcestershire will be in line to benefit, in early 2025.

Once the contract is in place, the supplier will conduct survey and planning work to determine when premises in Worcestershire will receive a gigabit-capable connection. We anticipate that build will commence in 2025 and complete by 2030.

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