Question follow-through · 8094
Project Gigabit: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of funding for Project Gigabit has yet to be (a) allocated and (b) spent.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 18 Oct 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of funding for Project Gigabit has yet to be (a) allocated and (b) spent.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Oct 2024
Answer published
Almost £2 billion of Project Gigabit contracts are in place, with a further £750 million allocated in live and planned procurements.Project Gigabit spend is reported in Building Digital UK’s (BDUK) annual report and accounts. Total capital Project Gigabit...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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