{"value":{"id":1752407,"askingMemberId":5182,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-03T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","uin":"21806","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of rural broadband coverage.","answeringBodyId":216,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Science, Innovation and Technology","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1446,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>According to Ofcom’s December 2024 Connected Nations report, just 0.1% of properties are unable to get decent broadband coverage (defined as at least 10 Mbps download speed and 1 Mbps upload speed), with 89% of rural UK residential properties having superfast broadband coverage (&gt;=30 Mbps). Clearly this still leaves a significant number of rural properties with inadequate broadband coverage.</p><p>Through Project Gigabit, more than £2 billion of contracts have been signed to connect over a million more premises with gigabit-capable broadband (&gt;1000 Mbps). These premises predominantly fall in rural areas.</p><p>For those premises still unable to get a decent broadband connection, the Broadband USO provides consumers the right to request a decent broadband connection.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Broadband: Rural Areas","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1752407","method":"GET"}]}