FOI/202200332531 · FOI · not held
R100 scheme: FOI release
Information requested
Information regarding the Reaching 100% (R100) programme: 1. How many premises have so far been connected through the R100 broadband scheme broken down by north, south and central lot please? 2. For the north lot, could this be broken down by constituency please? 3. Please could you tell me the estimated number of properties which are expected to be connected when each lot is completed?
Response
1. How many premises have so far been connected through the R100 broadband scheme broken down by north, south and central lot please? The below table shows the number of premises connected in each of the three regional lots (Lot 1 North, Lot 2 Central, and Lot 3 South). As requested in follow up correspondence, figures show premises connected via R100 contract build and R100 Scottish Broadband Voucher Scheme (R100 SBVS). Please note that R100 contract build and R100 SBVS figures are accurate as at 30/11/2022.
Number of premises R100 Contract R100 SBVS Lot 1 (North) 3,650 1,556 Lot 2 (Central) 5,761 699 Lot 3 (South) 5,738 468
2. For the north lot, could this be broken down by constituency please? The below table shows the number of premises connected via R100 contract build and R100 SBVS for the North Lot, broken down by Scottish Parliament constituency – as requested in follow up correspondence. As above, R100 contract build and R100 SBVS figures are accurate as at 30/11/2022.
orth Contract R100 S S Aberdeen Central 0 0 Aberdeen Donside 86 2 Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 432 29 Aberdeenshire East 328 190 Aberdeenshire West 81 248 Angus North and Mearns 308 159 Angus South 0 67 Argyll and Bute 638 77 Banffshire and Buchan Coast 0 112 Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 1016 104 Dundee City East 0 1 Dundee City West 0 12 Inverness and Nairn 142 19 Moray 0 152 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 0 0 Orkney Islands 41 41 Perthshire North 106 105 Shetland Islands 323 0 Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 149 238 Total 3,650 1,556
3. Please could you tell me the estimated number of properties which are expected to be connected when each lot is completed? The below table shows the number of premises contracted for delivery in each of the three regional lots (Lot 1 North, Lot 2 Central, and Lot 3 South). Please note these figures relate to the number of premises contracted for connection via R100 contracts build only. Figures for R100 SBVS cannot be provided because, as it is a demand-led scheme, the Scottish Government does not hold data on the number of premises that will secure a future connection over the lifetime of the R100 programme. These figures are accurate as at 15/12/2022.
Number of premises contracted for delivery Lot 1 (North) 60,764 Lot 2 (Central) 32,216 Lot 3 (South) 21,889
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