Broadband

(asked on 18th March 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the average proportion of homes and business that have high speed broadband availability in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.


Answered by
Julia Lopez Portrait
Julia Lopez
Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
This question was answered on 22nd March 2022

The vast majority of the United Kingdom (96.7%) has access to superfast broadband. Superfast broadband allows households to work or learn from home and stream a high definition film simultaneously. Additionally, the government is committed to delivering nationwide gigabit connectivity as soon as possible. Today, over 66% of premises can access gigabit-capable networks, up from just one in ten in November 2019. By 2025 the government is targeting a minimum of 85% gigabit-capable coverage.

According to ThinkBroadband, as of 21/03/2022 coverage statistics were as follows:

  1. England - (Superfast 97.5%) and (Gigabit 67.9%)

  2. Scotland - (Superfast 94.9%) and (Gigabit 60.8%)

  3. Wales- (Superfast 96%) and (Gigabit 49%)

  4. Northern Ireland - (Superfast 91.5%) and (Gigabit 82.3%)

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