Andrew Bridgen – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Bridgen on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that superfast broadband is available in remote areas of the UK.

Mr Edward Vaizey

A new £10 million competitive fund opened on 21 March to market test innovative solutions to deliver superfast broadband services to the most difficult to reach remaining areas of the UK.

The pilot projects will explore how to reach these areas; and we’ll use learning from the pilots to inform future government investment decisions