{"value":{"id":1521925,"askingMemberId":4607,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-10-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-10-18T00:00:00","uin":"62936","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will be published.","answeringBodyId":10,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4647,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-10-18T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>Ofcom Connected Nations Summer Update (7 October 2022) showed that non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 64% of premises across the UK.</p><p>Our Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will set out how we can realise the full benefits of 5G for the UK. We aim to publish the strategy later this year.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Mobile Broadband: Infrastructure","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1521925","method":"GET"}]}