Broadband: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 905627 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of rural broadband coverage.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 10 Sep 2025
Rural broadband coverage is not good enough. We are delivering nationwide gigabit broadband, through Project Gigabit.Between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025, 89% of premises benefitting from government broadband schemes were in rural areas.