{"value":{"id":1644530,"askingMemberId":1537,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-06-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-06-14T00:00:00","uin":"905394","questionText":"If she will take steps to improve rural connectivity in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) North Northamptonshire and (c) England.","answeringBodyId":216,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":39,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-06-14T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>I am pleased that 89 percent of premises in the Kettering constituency and 85 percent of premises in North Northamptonshire can access gigabit-capable broadband. To improve this further, we have launched a £52 million procurement as part of Project Gigabit, to deliver gigabit-capable connections to rural premises across Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes. We aim to award a contract to the successful supplier by the end of this year. In April, we published a 10-point action plan to improve rural connectivity. We are already delivering on that plan through the appointment of Simon Fell MP as Rural Connectivity Champion.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Broadband: Rural Areas","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1644530","method":"GET"}]}