Project Gigabit: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 7887 · Tabled 8 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Sarah Dyke
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
Answered by Chris Bryant, 14 Oct 2024
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 ...