Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of households which have access to a gigabit connection but do not utilise it.

According to Ofcom’s 2022 Connected Nations Report, take-up of full-fibre broadband where available is currently 25%, with take-up of gigabit-capable networks at 38%.

Ofcom also notes that take-up may appear lower than expected because networks are deploying at pace and take-up lags behind coverage.