Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 10 January 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
(1) what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the roll-out of super-fast broadband in Scotland;
(2) if he will consider what additional funding can be made available to ensure that all communities in Scotland have access to broadband.
The Government remain committed to completing the UK broadband delivery programme by 2015. The Government therefore welcome the commitment in the Scottish Government's Infrastructure Investment Plan 2011 to add £50 million of Scottish Government funding and £25.5 million from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to the UK Government's £68.8 million allocation for Scotland that was announced in August The Government also look forward to seeing the Scottish Government's plans in the early part of 2012.
The Government recognise the particular technical and geographical challenges facing broadband roll-out in the more remote parts of Scotland and have proposed that a joint working group of officials from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Scottish Government look at these issues. Depending on the outcome of this work, the Government will be prepared to consider increasing the funding allocated to broadband in Scotland on the basis of a match funded approach, and subject to affordability.
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