| Heading: |
Telecommunications: Infrastructure |
| Question ID: |
1812845 |
| UIN: |
60114 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-16 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5052 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Patrick Hurley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Patrick Hurley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department provides support to local authorities to (a) challenge and (b) regulate the installation of telegraph poles where there is strong local opposition; and whether he |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
Permitted development rights enable telegraph poles to be deployed without case-by-case approval from the local planning authority. However, local authorities can raise complaints with Ofcom where poles are not sited consistently with the requirements set... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |