Broadband: Scotland and Wales

(asked on 3rd February 2020) - View Source

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

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England have not yet been connected to full fibre broadband.


Answered by
Matt Warman Portrait
Matt Warman
This question was answered on 11th February 2020

According to Ofcom's 'Connected Nations' report, full-fibre broadband coverage for residential premises was at 10% for the whole of the UK, as of September 2019. This was 8% for Scotland , 12% for Wales and 10% for England.

The Government has made clear its ambition for nationwide gigabit broadband as quickly as possible.

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