Question follow-through · 53737
Broadband: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve broadband (a) connectivity and (b) speeds in Scotland.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 27 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve broadband (a) connectivity and (b) speeds in Scotland.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2025
Answer published
Our Plan for Change recognises the importance of ensuring people across Scotland have access to the fastest broadband networks on the market to level the playing field and realise our mission to boost economic growth and improve living standards. Earlier ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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