FOI/202300384989 · FOI · unclear
Delivered and remaining properties for R100 scheme: FOI release
Information requested
Please can you update the subject referenced FOI request with the latest figures regarding delivered and remaining properties for the R100 scheme please? Could you also include information regarding the public investment, where it has been spent, how much is planned in each region, and how much balance remains to complete the project?
1. How many properties are still to be connected under the Scottish Government's R100 scheme? 2. Can you breakdown how many properties are to be connected by (i) Scottish Parliamentary region and (ii) Local Authority area? 3. Can you also breakdown how many properties are still to be connected and in what year these properties will be connected by? 4. Finally, can you outline what the longest wait for any property and in what area is to be connected in relation to the R100 scheme? 5. Could you also include information regarding the public investment, where it has been spent, how much is planned in each region, and how much balance remains to complete the project?
Response
1. For the purpose of this query, you have confirmed that you are specifically referring to properties still to be connected through the £600 million R100 contracts. As of 31st October 2023, there are 82,270 premises remaining to be connected through the R100 contracts. 2. The figures provided below are accurate, as of 31st October 2023. Please note that the figures below relate to the total number of properties that will be connected through the R100 contracts, including the 32,599 properties that have already been connected.
Scottish Parliamentary Region Total properties to be connected through R100 contracts Central Scotland PER 4,520 Glasgow PER 226 Highlands and Islands PER 32,200 Lothian PER 2,552 Mid Scotland and Fife PER 17,747 North East Scotland PER 23,911 South Scotland PER 27,245 West Scotland PER 6,468
Local Authority Total properties to be connected through R100 contracts Aberdeen City 623 Aberdeenshire 16,055 Angus 6,635 Argyll and Bute 8,471 City of Edinburgh 603 Clackmannanshire 1,046 Dumfries and Galloway 8,806 Dundee City 124 East Ayrshire 2,195 East Dunbartonshire 454 East Lothian 1,334 East Renfrewshire 259 Falkirk 1,396 Fife 5,421 Glasgow City 74 Highland 12,788 Inverclyde 874 Midlothian 1,479 Moray 4,888 Na h-Eileanan an Iar 2,206 North Ayrshire 2,160 North Lanarkshire 2,089 Orkney Islands 3,320 Perth and Kinross 8,304 Renfrewshire 679 Scottish Borders 7,418 Shetland Islands 2,426 South Ayrshire 2,516 South Lanarkshire 5,494 Stirling 2,980 West Dunbartonshire 612 West Lothian 1,140
3. The figures provided below are accurate as of 31st October 2023.
Year Contractual premises still to be connected 2023 17,570 2024 18,143 2025 13,545 2026 13,760 2027 11,623 2028 2,448 Not specified* 5,181
*Premises classified as “not specified” are those which are unable to be connected currently due to issues beyond our control. This could be a wayleave for example. A wayleave is a contractual agreement between a landowner, landlord or other individual and a telecommunications provider like Openreach. In certain circumstances, a landowner may be required to give written permission to let Openreach access land or property before any work can take place. Sometimes this process can take longer than expected. 4. The contracts are delivered in phases determined by our contract delivery partner, Openreach. The R100 North contract will be the last contract to complete build with an expected completion date of March 2028. However, it is not possible for us to say with certainty which of the premises in that phase will be last to be connected as this will be determined by Openreach while they are building in that the area. 5. As of 14th November 2023, we have made the following contracted payments to Openreach for each of the three contracts:
South - £51,421,877 Central - £27,057,247 North - £82,811,552
Based on the current levels of funding available in each of the three R100 contracts, the balances remaining – as of 14th November 2023 – are as follows:
South - £80,682,442 Central - £60,361,167 North - £338,712,207
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