Delivered and remaining properties for R100 scheme: FOI release

Information requested

Please can you update the subject referenced FOI request with the latest figures regarding delivered and remaining properties for the R100 scheme please?

Could you also include information regarding the public investment, where it has been spent, how much is planned in each region, and how much balance remains to complete the project?

1. How many properties are still to be connected under the Scottish Government's R100 scheme?

2. Can you breakdown how many properties are to be connected by (i) Scottish Parliamentary region and (ii) Local Authority area?

3. Can you also breakdown how many properties are still to be connected and in what year these properties will be connected by?

4. Finally, can you outline what the longest wait for any property and in what area is to be connected in relation to the R100 scheme?

5. Could you also include information regarding the public investment, where it has been spent, how much is planned in each region, and how much balance remains to complete the project?

Response

1. For the purpose of this query, you have confirmed that you are specifically referring to properties still to be connected through the £600 million R100 contracts. As of 31st October 2023, there are 82,270 premises remaining to be connected through the R100 contracts.

2. The figures provided below are accurate, as of 31st October 2023.

Please note that the figures below relate to the total number of properties that will be connected through the R100 contracts, including the 32,599 properties that have already been connected.

Scottish Parliamentary Region	Total properties to be connected through R100 contracts
Central Scotland PER	4,520
Glasgow PER	226
Highlands and Islands PER	32,200
Lothian PER	2,552
Mid Scotland and Fife PER	17,747
North East Scotland PER	23,911
South Scotland PER	27,245
West Scotland PER	6,468

Local Authority	Total properties to be connected through R100 contracts
Aberdeen City	623
Aberdeenshire	16,055
Angus	6,635
Argyll and Bute	8,471
City of Edinburgh	603
Clackmannanshire	1,046
Dumfries and Galloway	8,806
Dundee City	124
East Ayrshire	2,195
East Dunbartonshire	454
East Lothian	1,334
East Renfrewshire	259
Falkirk	1,396
Fife	5,421
Glasgow City	74
Highland	12,788
Inverclyde	874
Midlothian	1,479
Moray	4,888
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	2,206
North Ayrshire	2,160
North Lanarkshire	2,089
Orkney Islands	3,320
Perth and Kinross	8,304
Renfrewshire	679
Scottish Borders	7,418
Shetland Islands	2,426
South Ayrshire	2,516
South Lanarkshire	5,494
Stirling	2,980
West Dunbartonshire	612
West Lothian	1,140

3. The figures provided below are accurate as of 31st October 2023.

Year	Contractual premises still to be connected
2023	17,570
2024	18,143
2025	13,545
2026	13,760
2027	11,623
2028	2,448
Not specified*	5,181

*Premises classified as “not specified” are those which are unable to be connected currently due to issues beyond our control. This could be a wayleave for example. A wayleave is a contractual agreement between a landowner, landlord or other individual and a telecommunications provider like Openreach. In certain circumstances, a landowner may be required to give written permission to let Openreach access land or property before any work can take place. Sometimes this process can take longer than expected.

4. The contracts are delivered in phases determined by our contract delivery partner, Openreach. The R100 North contract will be the last contract to complete build with an expected completion date of March 2028. However, it is not possible for us to say with certainty which of the premises in that phase will be last to be connected as this will be determined by Openreach while they are building in that the area.

5. As of 14th November 2023, we have made the following contracted payments to Openreach for each of the three contracts:

• South - £51,421,877
• Central - £27,057,247
• North - £82,811,552

Based on the current levels of funding available in each of the three R100 contracts, the balances remaining – as of 14th November 2023 – are as follows:

• South - £80,682,442
• Central - £60,361,167
• North - £338,712,207

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