Question reference: S4W-30362
- Asked by: Alison McInnes, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 7 March 2016
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 March 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the rollout of superfast broadband in the (a) north east and (b) rest of the country.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme has delivered fibre broadband to more than 92,000 premises in the north east and to more than 500,000 premises in Scotland so far.
Community Broadband Scotland is also supporting a number of community-led broadband projects across the north east, including schemes in Corgarff/Glenbuchat, Moss of Cruden, Insch/Inverurie, Banchory, and expansion of the Mearns Internet Initiative.