Broadband

(asked on 13th March 2015) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 430W, on broadband, in which enterprise zones superfast broadband is currently (a) available throughout and (b) partially available.


Answered by
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Lord Vaizey of Didcot
This question was answered on 18th March 2015

Superfast broadband is available throughout the following Enterprise Zones:



Harlow Essex

Anglia

Lancashire

Hereford

Kent

Daresbury

Alconbury

Solent

MIRA Leicestershire

Cornwall

Mersey/Liverpool Waters

North East



Superfast broadband is partially available in the following Enterprise Zones:



Humber

Oxford

Nottingham

Sheffield

Northampton

Tees Valley



In the following Enterprise Zones, which all have partial coverage of superfast broadband, SMEs on some or all sites are also eligible to apply to the BDUK Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme to improve their broadband connectivity:



London

Leeds

Manchester

Birmingham

Black Country

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