Question follow-through · 2608
Broadband: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact of rolling out ultrafast full fibre broadband across Scotland.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 28 May 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact of rolling out ultrafast full fibre broadband across Scotland.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 May 2026
Answer published
Project Gigabit is supporting connectivity improvements across Scotland through contracted delivery. Openreach has been awarded a £157 million contract, and a further £131 million of contracts have been signed since the beginning of 2025, together coverin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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