Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of UK landmass has mobile voice and SMS coverage.
Answered by Matt Hancock
According to Ofcom's 2016 Connected Nations Report, there is voice and SMS coverage from at least one Mobile Network Operator to 90% of the UK landmass.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in the top 10 most (a) rural and (b) urban parliamentary constituencies have access to high speed broadband.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Department measures broadband rollout by premises and as such does not distinguish between households and businesses; nor does it have a measure of ‘most rural’. Third party websites like Think Broadband do list superfast broadband rollout by constituency - the link for this information is here: http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/browse