Railways: Broadband

(asked on 15th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Department for Transport and (b) Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ahead of the 2019 Spending Review on the level of public funding required to provide (i) 4G mobile connectivity and (ii) Wi-Fi services to all rail passengers throughout the UK.


Answered by
Elizabeth Truss Portrait
Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 22nd January 2019

The government remains committed to improving rail passenger connectivity throughout the UK.

The Treasury has regular discussions with government departments on public spending across all policy areas – including rail passenger connectivity. Future spending decisions are a matter for the Spending Review.

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