Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 13 July 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2012, Official Report, column 880W, on broadband, what steps he is taking during the ongoing EU negotiations to ensure that the Connecting Europe Facility is retained; and what representations he has received on this facility.
The Department is broadly supportive of the Connecting Europe Facility proposals and, in particular, the objective of supporting projects contributing towards meeting the EU targets for broadband rollout and take-up which are broadly consistent with our own approach and policy in this area. The Devolved Administrations have also welcomed the Connecting Europe Facility as a potential source of additional funding for their broadband programmes.
Budgetary restraint is of paramount importance in the current economic climate, and the UK is seeking significant reductions in the negotiations on the Multi-annual Financial Framework. Within this context, the UK cannot support the huge increase in infrastructure funding proposed by the Commission for the Connecting Europe Facility for.2014-20.
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