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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of junction boxes that will need to be installed for superfast broadband to be rolled out to 95 per cent of premises.

The Government’s target for superfast broadband for 95% of UK premises by 2017. It is for suppliers to determine the optimal design of their network to deliver the target. The number of structures (cabinets) built is commercially sensitive information under the terms of the contracts and therefore not available for publication.