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<p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed toprovidingsuperfast broadband
coverage to 95 per centof UK premisesby 2017. At the end Phase 1 of the programme,
we expect to reach 90 per cent coverage across the UK -and more than 90 per cent superfast
coverage in around two thirds of local body partnership areas. For the longer term
the Government will also launch a public consultation early next year in preparation
for the implementation of a new broadbandUniversal Service Obligation,with the ambition
to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of
10 Mbps,nomatterwherein the countrytheylive.</del></p><br /><p><del class="ministerial">Data
on regional and local coverage of superfast broadband was published by Ofcom in its
Infrastructure Report in December 2014:</del></p><br /><p><del class="ministerial"><a
href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv"
target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv</a>.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">DCMS has also placed estimates of superfast coverage at constituency
level at the end of the current broadband programme in the House of Commons library,
reference DEP2015-0163:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&td=2015-04-01&house=1&search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&itemId=122028#toggle-163"
target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&td=2015-04-01&house=1&search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></del></p><br
/><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is committed to providing superfast broadband
coverage to 95 per cent of UK premises by 2017. At the end Phase 1 of the programme,
we expect to reach 90 per cent coverage across the UK -and more than 90 per cent superfast
coverage in around two thirds of local body partnership areas. For the longer term
the Government will also launch a public consultation early next year in preparation
for the implementation of a new broadband Universal Service Obligation, with the ambition
to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of
10 Mbps, no matter where in the country they live.</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Data
on regional and local coverage of superfast broadband was published by Ofcom in its
Infrastructure Report in December 2014:</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial"><a
href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv"
target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv</a>.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">DCMS has also placed estimates of superfast coverage at constituency
level at the end of the current broadband programme in the House of Commons library,
reference DEP2015-0163:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&td=2015-04-01&house=1&search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&itemId=122028#toggle-163"
target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&td=2015-04-01&house=1&search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></ins></p><br
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