Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Scottish Government has ever requested additional funding from them to assist with the delivery of the Reaching 100% programme.

The Reaching 100% (R100) programme is funded primarily by the Scottish Government.

In the financial year 2016/2017, the UK Government provided £21 million from the earlier Superfast Broadband Programme to the Scottish Government to support superfast broadband coverage in Scotland. The Scottish Government used this funding to support the R100 procurements.

Following the inception of Project Gigabit in 2021, the UK Government has subsequently provided a further £31 million to support extensions in coverage and to enable delivery of gigabit-capable coverage (>1000Mbps) in place of superfast speeds (>=30Mbps).

This funding has supported the rollout of high-speed broadband to tens of thousands of premises across Scotland.