Jon Trickett – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jon Trickett on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to improve the broadband infrastructure for businesses in rural areas.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Government is investing £780 million, with local match funding, to provide superfast broadband coverage to 95% of UK premises, including in rural locations. Coverage will include both business and residential consumers. In addition, the Government has also launched 8 pilot projects to explore options for improving coverage of superfast broadband beyond 95%, including to the most hard to reach areas of the UK.