Asked by: Lucy Allan (Independent - Telford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many homes are connected to superfast broadband in Telford constituency.
Answered by Margot James
According to Thinkbroadband, in Telford constituency over 96.8% of premises now have access to superfast broadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/telford,E14000989), up from 81% in 2010.
Approximately 41,028 premises in Telford constituency can now access superfast broadband. As confirmed in our announcement in December 2017 we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) so that, by 2020, everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request 10 Megabit per second broadband.
Asked by: Lucy Allan (Independent - Telford)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to facilitate access to superfast broadband for people who live in (a) Telford constituency and (b) Telford and Wrekin local authority area.
Answered by Margot James
The Government has provided over £2.1m for the delivery of superfast broadband in Telford and Wrekin. According to Thinkbroadband, 97.3% of premises in the Telford and Wrekin local authority area can access superfast broadband, up from 77% in 2012.
As confirmed in our announcement in December 2017 we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) so that, by 2020, everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request 10 Megabit per second broadband.