{"id":29016,"date":"2021-10-27T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T13:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=29016"},"modified":"2021-10-27T14:34:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T13:34:29","slug":"autumn-uk-budget-2021-gifts-gbp8m-for-gigabit-broadband-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/10\/autumn-uk-budget-2021-gifts-gbp8m-for-gigabit-broadband-in-scotland.html","title":{"rendered":"Autumn UK Budget 2021 Gifts GBP8m for Gigabit Broadband in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chancellor of the UK Government, Rishi Sunak MP, has today published his Autumn Budget 2021 statement &#8211; the second one this year &#8211; and sadly made no major new broadband announcements. But we did notice that a further \u00a38m had been allocated to help 3,600 premises in north Scotland access &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; broadband.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As usual, you have to take a deep look into the <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/1028813\/Budget_AB2021_Print.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Budget&#8217;s small print<\/a> in order to find where it states that &#8220;<em>a further \u00a38 million<\/em>&#8221; has been allocated from the Government&#8217;s \u00a35bn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/gov-starts-gbp5bn-uk-gigabit-broadband-and-voucher-schemes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Gigabit<\/a> programme in order to &#8220;<em>deliver full fibre to <strong>3,600 premises<\/strong> in Scotland including Aberdeenshire, Angus, Highland, Moray and Perth and Kinross<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, we don&#8217;t yet have the exact context for this change, although it seems likely to be related to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/scotgov\" target=\"_blank\">Scottish Government<\/a>&#8217;s existing \u00a3600m Reaching 100% (<strong>R100<\/strong>) project, specifically the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/09\/progress-update-on-north-scotlands-r100-broadband-rollout.html\">recently finalised<\/a> <strong>LOT 1<\/strong> (North Scotland and the Highlands) contract with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>At the start of this month we were informed that 100% of LOT 1, which will benefit a total of<strong> 59,276 premises<\/strong>, would be reached via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a>&#8217;s<strong> Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) network as part of that contract &#8211; this rollout is due to be completed during the financial year 2026\/27.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bduk\" target=\"_blank\">Building Digital UK<\/a> programme team has indicated to us that the additional<strong> \u00a38m<\/strong> relates to a contract change that will &#8220;<em>flip<\/em>&#8221; (upgrade) some previously planned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> upgrades for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> (i.e. no new premises overall, but a higher proportion of the project should now be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) &#8211; they did the same for <strong>LOT 2<\/strong> (Central Scotland) before (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/5bn-uk-gigabit-broadband-rollout-starts-in-central-scotland.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The previous LOT 2 change saw \u00a34.5m from Project Gigabit being used to flip 5,368 premises in Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife, Stirlingshire, Greater Glasgow and Lothian from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> to FTTP.<\/div>\n<p>Given that 100% of the LOT 1 premises are already expected to get FTTP, we can only assume that the 59,276 premises figure is already reflecting today&#8217;s boost. We have requested a clarification and will report back later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chancellor of the UK Government, Rishi Sunak MP, has today published his Autumn Budget 2021 statement &#8211; the second one this year &#8211; and sadly made no major new broadband announcements. 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