Females: Broadband
(asked on 8th September 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much funding has been allocated to Women and Broadband projects in each area in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the previous three years.
The Women and Broadband Challenge Fund was launched in May 2014 to help women to take full advantage of superfast broadband to either start a business or to work from home. The programme was extended to the current year with a further investment of £1.1m.
The information is in the tables.
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Funding 2015-16 Funding 2014-15
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Area | Funding Allocation |
| Area | Funding Allocation |
Cambridgeshire | £49,390 |
| Cambridgeshire | £75,000 |
Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes | £50,000 |
| Central Bedfordshire | £75,000 |
Devon and Somerset | £60,000 |
| Cheshire | £75,000 |
Dorset | £50,000 |
| Devon & Somerset | £75,000 |
Durham | £74,260 |
| Dorset | £75,000 |
East Sussex | £68,000 |
| East Sussex | £75,000 |
Greater Manchester and Cheshire | £87,000 |
| Greater Manchester and Stockport | £75,000 |
Herefordshire and Gloucestershire | £54,500 |
| Herefordshire and Gloucestershire | £48,900 |
Kent | £69,900 |
| Kent | £74,960 |
Leicestershire | £66,700 |
| Newcastle | £75,000 |
Northumberland | £71,000 |
| Northampton shire | £23,000 |
Oxfordshire | £72,250 |
| Shropshire | £75,000 |
Shropshire, Staffordshire and Telford and Wrekin | £146,000 |
| Staffordshire | £67,000 |
South Yorkshire | £67,000 |
| Suffolk/Norfolk | £41,364 |
West Yorkshire | £60,000 |
| Surrey | £75,000 |
Worcestershire | £54,000 |
| Worcestershire | £75,000 |