Written questions

Mobile Phones: South East

Commons · Question 60947 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 26 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of mobile phone signal on westbound rail routes from London.

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 26 Jun 2025

Having travelled westbound from London to Wales and back again on a weekly basis for twenty four years I know how poor the signal is. That is why I am delighted that DfT have secured funding to introduce low-earth-orbit satellite connectivity on all mainl...