Written questions

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 ...