Margot James corrected a written answer on Broadband: Scotland

30 January 2019 · Commons written answer · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Kirstene Hair (Conservative, Angus) asked written question 210715 on 21 January 2019. Margot James answered on 29 January 2019 for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and Margot James corrected the answer on 30 January 2019. The corrected text adds the figure £243,953, which the original did not give. Altogether 36 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has he made on the Local Full Fibre Networks Programme in rural locations throughout Scotland.

Original and corrected answer

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The Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Programme has the following Scottish projects and potential projects: LFFN Wave 2 Challenge Fund Highland Council are planning to use the SWAN Framework to implement a gigabit fibre network to 152 public buildings in Inverness, Fort William, Thurso and Wick - awarded £4.3m BDUK Funding. This project is in preparation stage for the 'Ready to Procure' Assurance Gate. LFFN Wave 3 Challenge Fund Shetland Council have successfully passed the LFFN Investment Panel stage and are working on the final Business case to go through Assurance Gate A and if approved will be issued with a letter of offer for £2m BDUK Funding Tay Cities combined authority are in the dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area. Renfrewshire Council are at the pre-dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area	The Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Programme has the following Scottish projects and potential projects: LFFN Wave 2 Challenge Fund Highland Council are planning to use the SWAN Framework to implement a gigabit fibre network to 152 public buildings in Inverness, Fort William, Thurso and Wick - awarded £4.3m BDUK Funding. This project is in preparation stage for the 'Ready to Procure' Assurance Gate. LFFN Wave 3 Challenge Fund Shetland Council have successfully passed the LFFN Investment Panel stage and are working on the final Business case to go through Assurance Gate A and if approved will be issued with a letter of offer for £2m BDUK Funding Tay Cities combined authority are in the dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area. Renfrewshire Council are at the pre-dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme To the end of September 2018 across Scotland, there have been 87 gigabit vouchers connected (value £243,953). A report up to the end of December 2018 will be released early in February

Original

Corrected

The Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Programme has the following Scottish projects and potential projects:
LFFN Wave 2 Challenge Fund
Highland Council are planning to use the SWAN Framework to implement a gigabit fibre network to 152 public buildings in Inverness, Fort William, Thurso and Wick - awarded £4.3m BDUK Funding. This project is in preparation stage for the 'Ready to Procure' Assurance Gate.
LFFN Wave 3 Challenge Fund
Shetland Council have successfully passed the LFFN Investment Panel stage and are working on the final Business case to go through Assurance Gate A and if approved will be issued with a letter of offer for £2m BDUK Funding
Tay Cities combined authority are in the dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area.
Renfrewshire Council are at the pre-dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area

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