Broadband: Rural Areas
(asked on 13th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
What steps he is taking to monitor the progress of the rollout of superfast broadband to rural areas.
This question was answered on 13th February 2020
Great progress has been made in the Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency. Six years ago, just 4% of premises had access to superfast broadband; that figure is now 78%.
This Government has also provided Highlands Council with £4.2m to deliver full fibre networks to public sector sites in Inverness, Fort William, Wick and Thurso.