Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many households in North Shropshire constituency currently do not have access to a gigabit broadband connection.
According to the independent website ThinkBroadband.com, almost 68% of premises in the North Shropshire constituency currently have access to a gigabit-capable connection, up from just 3% in December 2019.
The Project Gigabit contract with the supplier Freedom Fibre will deliver gigabit-capable connectivity to over 12,000 hard-to-reach premises across the North Shropshire region by the end of 2026. Approximately 9,000 of these premises are in the North Shropshire constituency.