Telecommunications: Infrastructure

(asked on 10th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide guidance to local authorities on the maximum number of telegraph poles that can be erected in local areas per number of households.


Answered by
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
This question was answered on 17th January 2024

The Government is aware of ongoing concerns about telegraph pole deployment. DLUHC officials are working with officials at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

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