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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-16more like thismore than 2020-01-16
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text What steps her Department is taking to improve (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas. more like this
tabling member constituency Eddisbury more like this
tabling member printed
Edward Timpson more like this
uin 900211 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-16more like thismore than 2020-01-16
answer text <p>The government’s £200m Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme is already supporting rollout of gigabit broadband in rural areas.</p><p>The government has also pledged £5bn of funding for Gigabit broadband in the ‘hardest to reach’, predominantly rural, areas of the UK.</p><p>The government announced in-principle support in October 2019 for the Mobile Network Operators’ Shared Rural Network proposal. It aims to collectively increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom to 95% by 2025.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
answering member printed Matt Warman more like this
grouped question UIN 900207 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-16T15:05:42.02Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-16T15:05:42.02Z
answering member
4361
label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this
tabling member
1605
label Biography information for Edward Timpson more like this