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 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 125W, on mobile phones: Herefordshire, for what reason it was decided to proceed with the planning process for Fownhope Mast before checking Ofcom's latest notspot data.

No planning application was made for the Fownhope mast site. The Mobile Infrastructure Project is working to tight timescales and Arqiva, our delivery partner for the Mobile Infrastructure Project, has been working to engage local communities and give early notice of where planning applications will be made