Broadband: Rural Areas

(asked on 8th June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

If she will take steps to improve rural connectivity in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) North Northamptonshire and (c) England.


Answered by
John Whittingdale Portrait
John Whittingdale
Shadow Minister (Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 14th June 2023

I am pleased that 89 percent of premises in the Kettering constituency and 85 percent of premises in North Northamptonshire can access gigabit-capable broadband. To improve this further, we have launched a £52 million procurement as part of Project Gigabit, to deliver gigabit-capable connections to rural premises across Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes. We aim to award a contract to the successful supplier by the end of this year. In April, we published a 10-point action plan to improve rural connectivity. We are already delivering on that plan through the appointment of Simon Fell MP as Rural Connectivity Champion.

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