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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for ��˿�� 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

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Question reference: S4W-01699

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to increase participation in the digital economy in all communities.

Scotland’s Digital Future: A Strategy For Scotland, published on 3 March 2011, sets out the Scottish Government’s commitment to ensuring that Scotland is at the forefront of the digital economy. Our ambition is to ensure that the rate of broadband uptake in Scotland is at or above the UK average by 2013.

The strategy also sets out our commitment of ensuring the availability of next generation broadband to all by 2020, with significant progress being made by 2015. This will ensure the rollout of next generation broadband to all rural communities, allowing them to participate fully in the digital economy.

To achieve this, we are working to ensure that education in all its forms takes account of the aims of the strategy, exploring options to make cheaper computing equipment available, and establishing a project team to plan an awareness-raising campaign on the benefits of digital technology. We are working with stakeholders across communities to ensure that no one is left out of the digital economy.

Our work also includes ensuring that businesses have the correct skills and training to take advantage of the opportunities that digital technologies bring and to ensure that we provide the right support environment to allow companies developing digital technologies to grow and flourish. We are working with the enterprise agencies and other stakeholders to develop a plan to take this forward.

Question reference: S4W-01690

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the warm homes fund will operate alongside the Green Deal programme.

Question reference: S4W-01695

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish details of its plans for the next generation digital fund.

Question reference: S4W-01697

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive how the next generation digital fund will be allocated to ensure that all communities are able to access superfast broadband.

Question reference: S4W-01696

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2011
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 11 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for the introduction of the next generation digital fund.

Question reference: S4W-01698

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 August 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to increase broadband take-up in areas where it is already available.

We are committed to increasing broadband take-up in Scotland, Scotland’s Digital Future: A Strategy for Scotland,

Actions we are undertaking include: exploring options for making cheaper computer equipment available; working with learning providers to ensure that child and adult learning takes full account of the need for digital awareness and education, and considering an awareness raising campaign on the benefits of digital technology.

Question reference: S4F-00062

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 20 June 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2011

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-00045

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

Question reference: S4F-00022

Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 May 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 June 2011

To ask the First Minister when the Scottish Government will set out its detailed spending plans for this session of the Parliament to allow its commitments to be met.