Broadband: Rural Areas

(asked on 2nd February 2015) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the initial deadline was for his Department's rural broadband project; and what deadline he now expects for that project.


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Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This question was answered on 9th February 2015

The initial Superfast Broadband programme’s objective was to reach 90% of UK premises by 2015. One does not, typically, expect a deadline therefore no deadline is expected.

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