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The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Surrey (Mr Hunt), approved, on 21 March 2012, the local broadband plan for Northumberland project area and the county council is now preparing for procurement using the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) Broadband Delivery Framework. Also on 21 March 2012, Official Report, columns 793-808, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne), announced that Newcastle city will receive between £4 and £6 million from the Urban Broadband Fund. This money will help Newcastle to become a Super-Connected City, up-grading its fixed broadband infrastructure to ultra-fast and providing wireless broadband connectivity across the city. |