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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households have access to broadband of at least 24Mbps; how many households are unable to receive a service of at least 2Mbps; and how many households use satellite broadband.

Ofcom’s Connected Nations Infrastructure Report 2015 states that in May 2015, more than four out of five households had access to broadband of at least 24Mbps; and 98% of premises could access speeds of 2Mbps or more (http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2015/downloads/connected_nations2015.pdf).

Throughout this month, the Government - working with local authorities and the devolved administrations - is rolling out a scheme to provide access to subsidised satellite broadband to all premises with speeds below 2Mbps. This scheme offers immediate assistance to those homes and businesses in the most remote areas with the slowest speeds and is part of our transformation of the UK's digital landscape. In addition, the Prime Minister recently announced the ambition to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of 10 Mbps, no matter where in the country they live.