Sammy Wilson – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sammy Wilson on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what total amount of funding has been allocated to the Superconnected Cities project.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The Super Connected Cities Programme had an allocation of up to £150m, to support broadband and digital projects across 22 citiesup to March 2015. The Chancellor extended the connection voucher scheme to 50 cities from April 2015 on a first come first serve basis, with up to £40m of that funding available for this.