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Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 5480, tabled on 19 May 2022

Question

Jamie Stone
Liberal Democrat
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which projects have received funds from Project Gigabit.

Answer

Julia Lopez
Conservative
Hornchurch and Upminster
Commons

Answered on

26 May 2022

To date, Project Gigabit funding has been contracted for the following projects:

  • Superfast Extension Programme: Scottish Government R100, Northern Ireland Project Stratum, and Connecting Cheshire Superfast Broadband Phase 3.

  • Gigahubs Programme: Department for Education, National Health Service (Scotland), Highlands Council, Welsh Government, Oxfordshire County Council, Dorset Council, Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Full Fibre Northern Ireland.

In addition, almost 1,500 projects have received funding through the Project Gigabit voucher scheme.

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