Broadband: Urban Areas

Department for Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 25 March 2015.

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Photo of Chris Bryant Chris Bryant Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 225611, on broadband: urban area, how much funding from the SuperConnected Cities budget has been assigned to each city; and how much has been spent (a) in total, (b) on broadband connection vouchers, (c) on free WiFi in public buildings, (d) on advertising and (e) on other items to date in (i) the programme as a whole and (ii) each city.

Photo of Ed Vaizey Ed Vaizey Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Jointly with Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Jointly with Department for Culture Media and Sport)

Holding answer received on 09 March 2015

The 22 SuperConnected Cities were given 'up to' funding allocations at the start of the SuperConnected Cities Programme. Spending priorities have developed over the course of the Programme, and the cities are now committed to delivering over 10,000 vouchers, free public Wi-Fi in 1,000 public buildings and on buses, trams and trains, as well as other digital connectivity projects for a total spend of around £80m. The majority of the spend will come at the end of the Programme - particularly with vouchers where there is a period of time between when the voucher is issued and the connection work is completed - with some wrap up costs in the next financial year.

For Northern Ireland and Scotland funding is given to cities via the budget transfer system, so a split for spending on individual projects is not applicable.

The table below outlines the original 'up to' allocations and current spend across the 22 cities of the Programme.

It is not possible to provide city allocations for marketing as it was a nationwide campaign.

England and Wales

"Up To" Allocation

£M

Spend to February (Qtr 3 claims) 2014-15

£M

Total

CVS

WFPB

OTHER

Total

Birmingham

8.25

Birmingham

0.39

0.39

0.00

0.78

Brighton

2.52

Brighton

0.07

0.00

0.56

0.63

Bristol

11.37

Bristol

0.02

0.00

1.52

1.54

Cambridge

4.12

Cambridge

0.05

0.47

0.00

0.52

Cardiff

10.17

Cardiff

0.85

0.08

0.00

0.93

Coventry

2.35

Coventry

0.09

0.00

0.00

0.09

Derby

2.27

Derby

0.03

1.22

0.00

1.25

LeedsBradford

13.54

LeedsBradford

0.93

0.32

0.50

1.75

London

25.00

London

1.68

0.41

0.00

2.10

Manchester

10.25

Manchester

2.15

1.96

0.00

4.12

Newcastle

5.25

Newcastle

0.20

0.00

0.58

0.78

Newport

6.00

Newport

0.04

0.00

0.00

0.04

Oxford

4.83

Oxford

0.04

0.00

0.09

0.12

Portsmouth

4.89

Portsmouth

0.07

0.68

0.00

0.74

Salford

7.10

Salford

0.34

1.11

0.00

1.45

York

1.65

York

0.10

0.00

0.11

0.21

Total

119.56

Total

7.04

6.64

3.36

17.04

Devolved Administrations - Northern Ireland and Scotland

"Up To" Allocation

£M

Budget Transfers

£M

Total

Total

Belfast

13.46

Belfast

5.68

Derry

2.20

Derry

0.10

Nth Ireland

15.66

Nth Ireland

5.78

Aberdeen

5.58

Aberdeen

2.44

Edinburgh

9.00

Edinburgh

4.98

Perth

0.34

Perth

0.23

Scotland

14.92

Scotland

7.65

Total

30.58

Total

13.43

Total SCCP

Allocation

£M

Spend & Budget Tfrs

£M

Total

Total

150.14

30.47

Marketing

Allocation

2.20

Spend

1.67

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