Question reference: S4W-02293
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 19 August 2011
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Current status: Answered by Alex Neil on 14 September 2011
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive where it plans to allocate the funds received through the rural broadband funding grant.
Answer
Having only recently been advised of Scotland’s share of UK Government funding for broadband, the Scottish Government is currently unable to confirm how the Scottish share will be allocated within Scotland. We will not be in a position to do this until we have had a chance to fully examine the data model and methodology used by the UK Government to make its regional allocations. Broadly speaking, however, it will be used for the provision of next generation broadband in areas where the market alone is not expected to deliver.