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Written question asked by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 July 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 July 2017 (named day). It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 July 2017 on behalf of the Home Office.


Aerials: Rural areas

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding under the Emergency Services Mobile Communications programme the Government plans to spend on the construction of masts which can be shared by all mobile network operators to improve coverage in rural area.

Answer

The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme is forecast to spend £71.1m of investment costs, and £135.7m of operating costs, on providing additional rural coverage as part of its Extended Area Service for the 15 year life of the business case.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4387
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Aerials Emergency services Mobile phones Rural areas Mobile radios Emergency services network
Link
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