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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, by what date it is planned that 100 per cent of residents of Hemsworth village will have access to superfast broadband.

An estimated 94% of premises in the constituency of Hemsworth currently have access to superfast speeds. By March 2018, this is predicted to rise to 97%. With UK Government support, West Yorkshire Combined Authority is currently negotiating an extension to its current delivery contract which will provide further superfast coverage, and for the remainder we will ensure universal broadband coverage of at least 10Mbps, so that no home or business is left behind.