Project Gigabit: Voucher Schemes
(asked on 14th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many vouchers her Department has issued as part of Project Gigabit in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and what proportion of those vouchers were distributed to (i) homes and (ii) businesses.
The following table shows the number of premises that were connected to broadband under the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme between 2017/18 and 2021/22, by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK and by (i) homes and (ii) businesses:
Year | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
England | North East | of which business | 0 | 120 | 540 | 330 | 290 | 1280 |
of which residential | 0 | 0 | 170 | 520 | 1680 | 2370 | ||
North West | of which business | 0 | 810 | 1530 | 890 | 920 | 4150 | |
of which residential | 0 | 80 | 790 | 1100 | 3600 | 5560 | ||
Yorkshire and The Humber | of which business | 30 | 1000 | 1270 | 470 | 260 | 3020 | |
of which residential | 0 | 60 | 300 | 320 | 910 | 1580 | ||
East Midlands | of which business | 0 | 280 | 730 | 340 | 340 | 1680 | |
of which residential | 0 | 10 | 50 | 320 | 1420 | 1800 | ||
West Midlands | of which business | 0 | 390 | 790 | 640 | 470 | 2290 | |
of which residential | 0 | 0 | 110 | 730 | 1920 | 2750 | ||
East of England | of which business | 0 | 310 | 700 | 540 | 490 | 2040 | |
of which residential | 0 | 0 | 130 | 1150 | 4540 | 5820 | ||
London | of which business | 0 | 900 | 1780 | 800 | 60 | 3540 | |
of which residential | 0 | 20 | 340 | 280 | 80 | 730 | ||
South East | of which business | 0 | 860 | 1810 | 1060 | 1280 | 5010 | |
of which residential | 0 | 130 | 420 | 2330 | 9070 | 11940 | ||
South West | of which business | 10 | 570 | 980 | 630 | 540 | 2730 | |
of which residential | 0 | 650 | 1320 | 2670 | 3580 | 8210 | ||
Northern Ireland | of which business | 0 | 430 | 950 | 900 | 140 | 2420 | |
of which residential | 0 | 0 | 170 | 1940 | 2370 | 4480 | ||
Scotland | of which business | 0 | 230 | 580 | 420 | 100 | 1330 | |
of which residential | 0 | 0 | 40 | 490 | 680 | 1210 | ||
Wales | of which business | 0 | 60 | 270 | 320 | 510 | 1170 | |
of which residential | 0 | 0 | 100 | 630 | 2030 | 2750 | ||
Source:
BDUK (as of Oct 2022)
Notes:
1. Rounded to the nearest 10
2. Includes Vouchers Connected and Vouchers Issued that are yet to be connected. Vouchers issued can subsequently be cancelled, meaning the figures above are the maximum number of vouchers that could be connected in each country/region
3. Encompasses 3 different schemes: Gigabit Voucher Scheme (GBVS), Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) and UKGV (UK Gigabit Voucher). Each scheme had a different set of eligibility criteria
4. Business vouchers include sole traders, of which there were 31 vouchers issued and/or connected