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Schools: Broadband

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 20 May 2025UIN 50632

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 43284 on Schools: Broadband, whether any of the 343 schools are in Bedfordshire.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

Pursuant to the answer of 10 April 2025, five of the 343 schools due to receive a funded upgrade to fibre this year are in Bedfordshire. One of these schools has already been upgraded, with the school benefitting from the new high-speed connection.

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