 As minister for digital policy, Hancock in June 2017 recommitted to a "full fibre" digital policy.This promised that 97% of the UK would enjoy "superfast broadband" at speeds of at least 24 megabits per second by 2020.On 8 January 2018, Hancock was appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport in Theresa May's 2018 cabinet reshuffle, succeeding Karen Bradley.