2013 Report details for project: Super-Connected City Programme
| Project name | Super-Connected City Programme - there are 4 reports for this project: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
|---|---|
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| Organisation | DCMS (D5) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2013 (data is from September 2012) |
| Category | Infrastructure - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | To support around 20 cities to create areas of high speed fixed broadband and mobile connectivity. |
| DCA (RAG) | Amber/Red |
| DCA text: | As of 25/03/13 The funding allocations for the Wave 1 cities have been published. Successful Wave 2 cities were announced in December 2012. The Government is working with the EU Commission and suppliers to agree the State aid strategy for infrastructure build and a connection voucher scheme |
| Start date | 2012-06-26 |
| End date | 2015-03-31 |
| Schedule text | As of 25/03/13 The programme is scheduled to be completed by March 2015. Delivery by this date is dependent on resolution of State aid issues and supplier implementation timeframe. |
| Baseline | £10.00m |
| Forecast | £0.00m |
| Variance | -100.00% |
| Variance text: | As of 25/03/13 Spend in 12/13 is less than originally forecast owing to the need to refocus the cities' plans in light of the difficulties in gaining EU State Aid approval. DCMS has agreed a budget re-profile with HMT which has brought the budget profile into line with forecast expenditure. |
| Whole Life Cost | £150.00m |
| WLCost text: | Total costs for building and operating the infrastructure will depend on the model followed by each local project. |
| Notes1: | Urban Broadband Fund - Super-connected City Initiative |
| Notes2: | |
| Sourcefile | DCMS_2013.csv |
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