Research and analysis

Evaluation of BDUK Gigabit Vouchers: Initial Impacts and Benefits

Analytical findings on vouchers’ effect on broadband availability and performance, and from a benefit survey of small business voucher recipients.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Building Digital UK and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Published: 30 August 2022

Documents

Evaluation of BDUK Gigabit Vouchers: Initial Impacts and Benefits

PDF, 3.89 MB, 126 pages

Details

DCMS has appointed Hatch, Belmana and Winning Moves to undertake an evaluation of the Building Digital UK (BDUK) vouchers product, consisting of the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) and Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) Programme.

This report provides the following findings:

• counterfactual analysis of the additional impact of vouchers on coverage and download speeds, for vouchers issued in 2019 and 2020.  This has been led by Belmana
• analysis of the business beneficiary survey undertaken by Winning Moves in early 2022

This is one of a number of reports to be published as part of the evaluation of BDUK Gigabit Vouchers.

Published 30 August 2022