Written questions

Building Digital UK: Contracts

Commons · Question 77433 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by John Whitby

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that delays to broadband rollout are minimised when a Building Digital UK contract is terminated.

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 14 Oct 2025

Project Gigabit is designed to adapt in the event a contracted supplier can no longer complete its planned delivery, utilising a mix of contracts and interventions to enable us to continue to bring fast, reliable broadband to hard-to-reach premises across...