Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate access to online banking for people without internet access.

The Government has ensured superfast broadband (speeds of 24 Mbps or more) is available to over 95% of UK premises and is continuing to invest to extend superfast coverage as far beyond 95% as possible. The Government is also introducing a Universal Service Obligation so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request high speed broadband (speeds of 10 Mbps or more). In the period before 2020, the Government has made a commitment to provide every home and business in the UK with access to basic broadband service (speeds of 2Mbps), which should be sufficient for online banking. A subsided broadband installation is available if the home or business cannot access an affordable broadband service with a speed of at least 2 Mbps.