R100 scheme: FOI release

Information requested

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

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

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

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?

Response

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

For the purpose of this query, you have confirmed that you are specifically referring to properties still to be connected through the £600million R100 contracts. As of 12th of December 2022 there are 100,516 premises remaining to be connected through the R100 Contracts.

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

The figures provided below are accurate as of 12th of December 2022.

Please note that the figures below total 114, 869 as this number is the total connections number of properties to be connected through R100 contracts. The figure of 100,516 are properties that have yet to receive a connection.

1. (i) Scottish Parliamentary region:

Scottish Parliamentary Region	Total properties to be connected through R100 contracts
Central Scotland PE:R	4520
Glasgow PER	226
Highlands and Islands PER	32200
Lothian PER	2552
Mid Scotland and Fife PER	17747
North East Scotland PER	23911
South Scotland PER	27245
West Scotland PER	6468

1. (ii) Local Authority area:

Local Authority	Total properties to be connected through R100 contracts
Aberdeen City	623
Aberdeenshire	16058
Angus	6639
Argyll and Bute	8474
City of Edinburgh	602
Clackmannanshire	1046
Dumfries and Galloway	8806
Dundee City	124
East Ayrshire	2196
East Dunbartonshire	454
East Lothian	1334
East Renfrewshire	259
Falkirk	1396
Fife	5421
Glasgow City	74
Highland	12773
Inverclyde	874
Midlothian	1479
Moray	4888
Na h-Eileanan an Iar	2206
North Ayrshire	2161
North Lanarkshire	2089
Orkney Islands	3326
Perth and Kinross	8301
Renfrewshire	679
Scottish Borders	7416
Shetland Islands	2429
South Ayrshire	2516
South Lanarkshire	5494
Stirling	2979
West Dunbartonshire	612
West Lothian	1141

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

The figures provided below are accurate as of 12th of December 2022.

Row Labels	Target Prems	Delivered Prems	Remaining Prems
2021	4,595	4,595	0
2022	24,916	9,317	15,599
2023	26,715	338	26,377
2024	17,827	5	17,822
2025	13,780	38	13,742
2026	12,821	60	12,761
2027	11,769	0	11,769
2028	2,446	0	2,446
Grand Total	114,869	14,353	100,516

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? 

The contracts are delivered in phases. There are number of exchange areas with an expected delivery date of March 2028. However, it is not possible for us to say with certainty which of these will be last as this will be determined by our contract deliver partner, Openreach.

For reference, we expect build for each of the three contracts to conclude in the years set out below:

• Central: 2023/24
• South: 2024/25
• North: 2027/28

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