The
National Audit Office has, in anticipation of today’s
Public Accounts Committee event, published a useful report into its views on how effective the joint
BT and
Broadband Delivery UK scheme has been in terms of its costs, coverage and competition. The report finds that
BT’s Phase 1 deployment is running “ahead of schedule” and BDUK predicts total savings of approximately £72m by 2017-18, which could be reinvested.