A question on #SharedRuralNetwork tabled by Lord Smith of Finsbury on 25-03-2025 has been answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch.

Heading: Shared Rural Network
Question ID: 1788634
UIN: HL6147
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-03-25
Asking Member ID: 186
Asking Member display name: Lord Smith of Finsbury
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lord Smith of Finsbury
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what further consideration they have given to the size and coverage of the Shared Rural Network programme, and whether they have made any change to the scale of the programme or number of masts required as a result.
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Date answered: 2025-04-08
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 3792
Answering Member display name: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Answering Member handle: WhitchurchGirl
Answering Member Twitter reference: @WhitchurchGirl
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Answer text: The Shared Rural Network (SRN) has already delivered significant coverage improvements across the UK. However, there are still rural parts of the UK where there is either limited or no mobile coverage. The government-funded parts of the SRN will deliver t...
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Answering body ID: 216
Answering body name: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tweeted: true