Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01524 · Session 4

Free Wi-Fi in Scottish public buildings

Closed Submitted 22 Apr 2014 People & Communities
Signatures
0
15 online signatures with a country
Comments
1
Considered
3 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to issue a code of practice setting out a minimum standard for wifi connections provided by public authorities to members of the public; and to urge all Scottish public authorities to provide wifi connections that meet this standard in all their public buildings.

What the petitioner did first

I wrote to the Scottish Ministers asking if they could take action to require public bodies to provide free wireless internet access (wifi) to members of the public visiting their buildings. I received a response from the Scottish Government's Broadband Policy Team explaining that "the Scottish Government currently has no plans to fund the universal provision of free Wi-Fi in public buildings, however individual organisations will consider the business case and costs on a case by case basis. This process ensures that each organisation can demonstrate value for money in delivering the service, and also that there is the customer base that requires the service".

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 5 Aug 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 25 Nov 2014
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 17 Feb 2015
    Public Petitions Committee
    Current Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

15 online signatures
  1. Scotland11 73.3%
  2. United Kingdom2 13.3%
  3. Wales1 6.7%
  4. Norway1 6.7%

Comments

1 comment, oldest first
  1. william.hailes 28 Apr 2014
    this is a great petition i think there should be wifi in every building