Question reference: S5W-15964
- Asked by: Mike Rumbles, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 17 April 2018
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Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when the roll-out of its R100 programme will reach homes in Aberdeenshire, and when they will all have access to at least 30mbps internet speeds.
Answer
Telecommunications, including investment in and supporting of broadband infrastructure, is a matter reserved to the UK Government. Despite this, the Scottish Government is the only UK administration to have committed to delivering 100% superfast broadband access.
Every home and business in Scotland will be able to access superfast broadband – at speeds of 30Mbps or more - by the end of 2021.
The Scottish Government is committing £600 million to the initial phase of the Reaching 100% (R100) programme and, with procurement now underway, we expect to announce initial deployment plans early in 2019, once contracts have been agreed.