Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding has been allocated to the Project Gigabit scheme by region as of 8 November 2023.

Full details of Building Digital UK’s (BDUK) spend on Project Gigabit will be included in its Annual Report and Accounts, due to be published shortly. Project Gigabit funding is not allocated by region, instead it is targeted at premises across the UK that need it most, specifically those outside of suppliers' commercial plans. BDUK’s annual report and accounts will include a breakdown of gigabit-capable connections subsidised in each local authority area.

As of 8 November, over £2 billion of funding has been made available to the market to extend gigabit-capable networks into hard-to-reach parts of the UK.

BDUK publishes regular updates on the contracts it has awarded, and the pipeline of procurements in place across all regions. This includes the indicative value of planned contracts. The latest update was published in September and can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/project-gigabit-progress-update-september-2023/project-gigabit-progress-update-september-2023