{"id":13176,"date":"2016-12-22T00:02:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T00:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=13176"},"modified":"2016-12-22T07:05:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T07:05:15","slug":"uk-gov-confirm-442m-reinvestment-boost-superfast-broadband-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/12\/uk-gov-confirm-442m-reinvestment-boost-superfast-broadband-cover.html","title":{"rendered":"UK Gov Confirm \u00a3442m Reinvestment to Boost Superfast Broadband Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government&#8217;s \u00a31.7bn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\">Broadband Delivery UK<\/a> project, which has been deploying &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (24Mbps+) to 95% of UK premises by 2017\/18 and then 97% by 2020, has confirmed that \u00a3442m is being returned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>) for reinvestment to help cover another 600,000 premises.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The above total reflects <strong>\u00a3292 million<\/strong> of public investment that is being returned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> through clawback \/ gainshare due to high take-up of &#8220;<em>fibre broadband<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>\/P) connections in BDUK upgraded areas and <strong>\u00a3150 million<\/strong> from contract \/ efficiency savings across all 44 of the local authority broadband projects. The figure is fairly close to BDUK&#8217;s preliminary data from June 2016 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/06\/bduk-confirm-gbp408m-expanded-uk-broadband-rollout.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The clawback mechanism in related contracts&#8217; requires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> to return part of the public investment when take-up of the new service passes beyond the 20% mark in related areas (total BDUK linked take-up now stands at 30.62%) and, as BT&#8217;s latest financial results have already confirmed (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/10\/uk-isp-bt-tops-9-2-mill-broadband-users-4-5-mill-opt-superfast-fttc.html\">here<\/a>), we&#8217;re already well on the way to achieving a figure of 33%.<\/p>\n<p>We should point out that <strong>\u00a3133m<\/strong> of clawback has already been allocated back into related projects (see below), which will be used to help reach the new coverage expectation (today&#8217;s official update confirms that superfast broadband &#8220;<em><span id=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-docs-internal-guid-3a54855d-2102-1817-6eb7-72b4805ba01f\">coverage is on track to reach 97 per cent by 2020<\/span><\/em>&#8220;; <strong>BDUK Phase 3<\/strong>). The rest should be allocated as new contracts are signed over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Overall <strong>1.5 million premises<\/strong> (homes and businesses) out of the 4.5 million premises covered have now signed-up to the service in areas where the Government and local authorities have subsidised its roll-out via BDUK (note: the 4.5m figure also appears to include sub-24Mbps &#8220;<em>fibre broadband<\/em>&#8221; areas upgraded by BDUK &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/11\/q3-2016-bduk-push-superfast-broadband-4-17-million-uk-premises.html\">see the last Q3 2016 total<\/a> for some extra context).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Gainshare Allocation by UK Region (Actual)<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nEast Of England \u00a318,900,000<br \/>\nMidlands \u00a322,543,498<br \/>\nNorth East England \u00a33,450,000<br \/>\nNorth West England \u00a315,590,000<br \/>\nNorthern Ireland \u00a32,000,000<br \/>\nScotland \u00a317,843,000<br \/>\nSouth East England \u00a318,405,000<br \/>\nSouth West England \u00a38,827,000<br \/>\nWales \u00a312,780,000<br \/>\nYorkshire and the Humber \u00a313,559,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Total:<\/strong> <strong>\u00a3133,807,498<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We ran a detailed report on the Q2 2016 take-up figures by each local authority in October 2016 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/10\/q2-2016-take-stats-bduk-bt-roll-fibre-broadband.html\">here<\/a>) and a new update for Q3 2016 is due soon, although we are today able to share a more recent \/ general summary of regional take-up rates from the BT and BDUK linked contracts.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Take up rates by region (September 2016)<\/strong><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 379px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"378\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"173\" \/>\n<col width=\"90\" \/>\n<col width=\"55\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl63\" width=\"173\" height=\"18\">East of England<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl64\" width=\"90\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl65\" width=\"55\">34.20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl66\" height=\"18\">Midlands<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl67\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl68\">30.52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl63\" height=\"18\">North East England<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl64\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl65\">29.55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl66\" height=\"18\">North West England<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl67\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl68\">29.32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl63\" height=\"18\">Northern Ireland<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl64\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl65\">27.41%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl66\" height=\"18\">Scotland<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl67\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl68\">26.30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl63\" height=\"18\">South East England<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl64\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl65\">35.59%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl66\" height=\"18\">South West England<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl67\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl68\">29.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl63\" height=\"18\">Wales<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl64\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl65\">28.77%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl66\" height=\"18\">Yorkshire &amp; the Humber<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl67\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl68\">31.12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl69\" height=\"18\"><b>Grand Total:<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl70\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-3960524725150011548m_1270640586516380511m_-2218206862825206550m_6928150157383024968gmail-xl71\"><b>30.62%<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Sadly we&#8217;re not told precisely what the \u00a3150m\u00a0in &#8220;<em>careful contract management [savings] by the Government, local authorities and BT<\/em>&#8221; actually represents, although BT did deploy less of their more expensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> solution in BDUK areas than some had predicted (they preferred cheaper \/ slower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>), which was partly reflected in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/01\/bduk-superfast-broadband-rollout-ahead-schedule-made-savings.html\">this 2015 report<\/a> from the National Audit Office. In other cases it may have simply cost less to upgrade an area than forecast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Karen Bradley, Culture Secretary, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\">Broadband Delivery UK<\/a> programme is giving families and businesses in hard-to-reach areas the fast and reliable internet connections which are increasingly at the heart of modern life.<\/p>\n<p>Strong take-up and robust value-for-money measures mean \u00a3440 million will be available for reinvestment where it matters \u2013 putting more connections in the ground.<\/p>\n<p>This will benefit around 600,000 extra premises and is a further sign of our commitment to build a country that works for everyone.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At present around 91% of the United Kingdom are estimated to be within reach of a 24Mbps+ capable broadband connection and it&#8217;s worth pointing out that <strong>BDUK Phase Two<\/strong>, which aims to push the UK coverage to 95% by the end of 2017, may eventually be able to return even more public funding for reinvestment.<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with that Karen Bradley is encouraging more people to sign-up to superfast broadband. &#8220;<em>Broadband speeds aren\u2019t boosted automatically &#8211; it needs people to sign up. Increasing take-up is a win-win-win: consumers get a better service, it encourages providers to invest, and when more people sign up in BDUK areas, money is clawed back to pay for more connections<\/em>,&#8221; said Karen.<\/p>\n<p>One small thing to note, before today the Government had previously indicated that the 97-98% coverage expectation could be reached by the earlier date of 2019 and they&#8217;ve now shifted this to 2020. Mind you it wasn&#8217;t really a solid target, until now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6:59am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve just had a comment from the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA), which represents alternative network providers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Malcolm Corbett, INCA, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Efficiency savings and clawback of goverment funding due to higher than expected take up levels in the BT rural broadband contracts are to be welcomed, but the extra funding should be put out to competitive tender. Just this week we have seen the announcement that rural fibre provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a> has been awarded new contracts in Devon and Somerset to deliver full fibre connections to more than 35,000 underserved rural properties. For the local councils, citizens and businesses the deal is fantastic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/gigaclear\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Gigaclear<\/a> will contribute more than 2\/3 of the \u00a362.25m project costs.<\/p>\n<p>There is a growing range of alternative fibre and wireless broadband providers offering great value for public investment in new digital infrastructure. If the additional \u00a3440m of grant funding clawed back from BT could achieve anything like the same level of private sector match investment we will make serious progress towards the government&#8217;s goal of a &#8216;full fibre and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a>&#8217; digital infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government&#8217;s \u00a31.7bn Broadband Delivery UK project, which has been deploying &#8220;superfast broadband&#8221; (24Mbps+) to 95% of UK premises by 2017\/18 and then 97% by 2020, has confirmed that \u00a3442m is being returned by BT (Openreach) for reinvestment to help cover another 600,000 premises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[474,471,55,56,69,38,34],"class_list":["post-13176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-bt","tag-bduk","tag-fttc","tag-fttp","tag-bt-openreach","tag-politics","tag-statistics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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