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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2015 to Question 10535, what steps he is taking specifically to encourage the deployment of fibre to the premises in new build housing developments.

The Government is looking at ways to ensure that newly built premises get at least superfast broadband connectivity, including legislation if necessary. We are discussing this with telecoms infrastructure providers and developers. But it is for the market to determine the most appropriate technology that should be used.