| Heading: |
Broadband: Rural Areas |
| Question ID: |
1760896 |
| UIN: |
27864 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4494 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Simon Hoare
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| Asking Member handle: |
simon4ndorset
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@simon4ndorset
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what the coverage is of superfast broadband in (a) Dorset and (b) North Dorset constituency; and what steps he is taking to improve superfast broadband coverage in hard-to-reach areas. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
According to the independent website Thinkbroadband.com, over 97% of premises in Dorset can access superfast broadband speeds (>=30 Mbps) and over 61% have access to a gigabit-capable broadband connection (>1000 Mbps). In the North Dorset constituen... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |