Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of (a) households and (b) business premises in Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency which are forecast to have signed up to receive superfast broadband by the end of 2017; and if she will make a statement.

The Department does not forecast superfast broadband take-up, and does not hold information on take-up at a constituency level or on separate business and household take-up. Take-up in the broadband project covering the Rest of Scotland excluding Highlands & Islands is currently just over 25%.