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Broadband: Newton Abbot

Commons · Question 62353 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57480 on Broadband: Newton Abbot, what his planned timetable is for supplying (a) data speeds of over 30Mbps to the remaining 2% of (i

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Answered by Chris Bryant, 30 Jun 2025

The rollout of superfast and gigabit-capable broadband is primarily driven by the private sector, with government only intervening where commercial development will not suffice. The government plans for 99% of UK homes and businesses to have access to gig...