| Heading: |
Telecommunications Cables: Copper |
| Question ID: |
1804442 |
| UIN: |
53491 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4084 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Esther McVey
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Esther McVey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what investigations his Department has carried out on the condition of copper telecommunications cabling in rural areas. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-29 |
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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 Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
The Department has not investigated the condition of copper telecommunications cabling in rural areas. However, we are aware that the overall condition of the copper networks is aging and deteriorating: the number of major incidents on the copper-based PS... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |