West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin has today welcomed an extra £2.5 million cash injection to help county homes and businesses connect to superfast broadband. Culture Secretary Maria Miller today announced that Worcestershire will get an additional £2.59 million to ensure 95 per cent of the county gets access to superfast fibre broadband by 2017. The allocation is part of a £250 million package announced today to help areas not covered by the existing local broadband upgrade programme being managed by BT and Worcestershire County Council. Harriett commented: “We have seen from the current broadband programme that some rural areas were going to be left out of the upgrade plan. “I hope that this money will be allocated directly to projects to help our rural communities to enjoy the same speeds as those living in major cities. “This Government fund is a huge piece of good news for county homes and businesses who were worried they were being passed over because they were too difficult to reach. “I am assured that the focus of this money is on fixing these areas and getting almost all of the country onto superfast broadband by 2017.”