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Guidance and regulation

• Broadband Delivery UK

  Detailed guide

  29 August 2018

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

• Local Full Fibre Networks Challenge Fund Guidance

  Guidance

  29 August 2018

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

• Broadband State Aid Advice

  Guidance

  12 January 2017

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

• DCMS Business Plan 2012-2015
  • Guidance
  • 8 July 2011
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Superfast Broadband Programme: Market Test Pilots
  • Guidance
  • 19 March 2015
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

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News and communications

20 August 2018 — Press release

Need for speed drives superfast broadband boost for Wales

Office of the Secretary of State for Wales

1. Forging a full fibre broadband and 5G future for all
   • 26 July 2018
   • Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
   • News story
2. The Great British Broadband Boost
   • 9 September 2017
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Press release
3. Six areas to pilot UK's fastest broadband as part of £200 million project
   • 3 September 2017
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and HM Treasury
   • News story
4. Universal broadband to reach all parts of the UK
   • 30 July 2017
   • Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Evaluation of the Economic Impact and Public Value of the Superfast Broadband Programme
  • 20 August 2018
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Independent report
• Mobile Infrastructure Project Impact and Benefits Report
  • 11 October 2017
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Research
• Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme Impact and Benefits Study
  • 3 September 2017
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Research
• Broadband Performance Indicator - June 2017
  • 24 August 2017
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Official statistics
• Broadband Performance Indicator - March 2017
  • 25 May 2017
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Official statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

• Call for Evidence: Extending Local Full Fibre Broadband Networks 26 July 2018

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 31 January 2017

• Broadband Universal Service Obligation: consultation on design 28 March 2018

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 09 October 2017

• Business broadband review: call for evidence 13 May 2016

  Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

  Consultation outcome

  Date closed 03 June 2016

• Extending LFFN Call for Evidence Summary of Responses
  • 3 September 2017
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Policy paper
• UK Digital Strategy
  • 1 March 2017
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Government response to the Ofcom Digital Communications Review
  • 30 March 2016
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Transparency
• A more prosperous Wales: infrastructure for a modern economy
  • 30 June 2014
  • Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
  • Corporate report
• DCMS bodies' settlement letters: Spending Review 2013
  • 4 July 2013
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Transparency
• DCMS Autumn Statement settlement letters: December 2012
  • 10 December 2012
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Transparency
• Government response to the Welsh Affairs Committee report "Broadband Services in Wales"
  • 15 November 2012
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
3. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
4. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
5. HM Treasury

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