Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-02902
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of how it will fund the additional £42 million likely to be necessary to extend broadband that is referred to at page 12 of the August 2016 Audit Scotland Report, Superfast broadband for Scotland: A progress update.
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Question reference: S5W-02886
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of how the £20 million advance paid by HIE to BT that is referred to at page 10 of the August 2016 Audit Scotland Report, Superfast broadband for Scotland: A progress update, was spent; for what reason this advance was paid; whether payment of such advances is normal practice, and what (a) its position is on whether this was in line with and (b) action it took to ensure that this did not breach EU state aid rules.
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Question reference: S5W-02910
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the pledge in the 2016 SNP manifesto, for what reason it has extended the target date for 100% roll-out of superfast broadband to 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-02906
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it will allocate the £0.5 million to support digital business exchanges that was referred to the 2016-17 Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S5W-02908
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had in the last year to discuss extending the 100% roll-out target for superfast broadband to 2021, and who attended.
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Question reference: S5W-02901
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government by what date 100% rollout of broadband will be achieved.
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Question reference: S5W-02898
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to assist the 132,000 premises that were referred to at page 10 of the August 2016 Audit Scotland Report, Superfast broadband for Scotland: A progress update, which will not have broadband access, and how much it would cost to roll out such access to these premises,
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Question reference: S5W-02903
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 4 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it (a) has had and (b) plans with the UK Government regarding the impact of Brexit on the rollout of superfast broadband in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-02909
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 October 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how it will carry out its commitment in the 2016-17 Programme for Government that it will "equip all of its citizens with all of the skills necessary to gain the full benefits of broadband provisions".
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Question reference: S5W-02872
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many premises in each Scottish Parliamentary constituency will have access to broadband speeds of (a) up to and (b) above 40mb/ps by 2018.
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