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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government plans to take to improve (a) quality and (b) competition in the mobile and broadband sectors.

The UK has one of the most competitive mobile markets in the world with four wholesalers and over forty virtual mobile network operators.

In line with its commitment in the 5G strategy, the Government will set out by the end of this year the essential elements of high quality mobile coverage where people live, work and travel. This will build on the improved coverage being delivered through licence obligations on mobile network operators that require each mobile operator to provide, by the end of 2017, coverage to 90% of the UK's landmass.

Superfast broadband is currently available to over 93% of UK premises, up from 45% in 2010.

According to Ofcom's European Broadband Scorecard, the UK currently has the cheapest available fixed broadband services compared to Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.