Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Daniel Kawczynski and Selaine Saxby

Thursday 26th January 2023 Commons Chamber

[Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con)]

1. What progress her Department has made on expanding broadband coverage in rural areas.

[Selaine Saxby (North Devon) (Con)]

10. What progress her Department has made on expanding broadband coverage in rural areas.

[The Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Julia Lopez)]

I wish to echo your words about the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust’s important work, Mr Speaker.

We are investing £5 billion through Project Gigabit to deliver lightning-fast broadband to hard-to-reach areas across our country. Last week, we announced that thousands of people living in rural Cornwall will benefit from a £36 million contract. We have now awarded six such contracts, covering up to 681,000 premises. More procurements are in the pipeline and we have also upped our voucher scheme so that more premises can benefit.