NEW DATA: SUPERFAST BROADBAND ON THE UP IN MIDLOTHIAN NORTH & MUSSELBURGH

SNP INVESTMENT DELIVERING FOR COMMUNITIES
 
Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North & Musselburgh, has welcomed new figures from the Scottish Parliament’s information centre which show a steep increase in the availability of superfast broadband in Midlothian North & Musselburgh.
 
As of September 2024, 96.49% of properties in East Lothian have access to superfast broadband – up 64.59% and 99.03% in Midlothian up 55.03% since 2014.
 
Across Scotland in 2014, 50% of households had access to superfast broadband whereas this has risen to 95% in 2024, an increase of 45% in the past decade.
 
The SNP is determined to ensure that everyone in Midlothian North & Musselburgh has the digital connectivity they need and that is why we have significantly invested in programmes to make this happen.
 
From 2025 all new builds in Scotland must have access to superfast broadband as the SNP delivers on a Programme for Government commitment.
 
Commenting, SNP MSP Colin Beattie said:
 
“It is absolutely fantastic to see that with the SNP Government access to superfast broadband in Midlothian North & Musselburgh has dramatically risen over the previous decade – this makes a real and important difference to people’s lives.
 
“Going from just 31.90% in 2014 to 96.49% now, a rise of 64.59% in East Lothian and going from just 44% in 2014 to 99.03% now, a rise of 55.03% in Midlothian shows the benefit that long term investment in our community infrastructure is having.
 
“One of the SNP Government’s four priorities is to boost growth across Scotland, and it is through the funding of vital infrastructure projects that we can help our economy flourish.”
 
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