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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the cost of phase 2 broadband projects in (a) County Durham, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) Hampshire, (d) Essex and (e) Wokingham will be met by (i) BT, (ii) BDUK and (iii) the relevant local authority.

The funding for Phase 2 of the Superfast Broadband Programme in the five areas areas listed in the question is set out in the table in the attached document. The supplier submits its commercial funding level in its response to the invitation to tender during the procurement. The Department is therefore only able confirm the commercial funding estimates for those projects that have completed their procurements: Oxfordshire and Hampshire.