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Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme information

This page contains information about the scheme, including how it works, eligibility criteria, and the funding the scheme provides.

Updates to this page

From:
Building Digital UK, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Published:
6 February 2024
Last updated:
2 September 2026
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  1. Updates to the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme information page following the closure of the scheme to new voucher project submissions on 31 August 2026.

  2. Link to Gigabit Broadband Availability Checker added to page.

  3. Link to GBVS Beneficiary Terms and Conditions added.

  4. Shropshire removed from table and map updated.

  5. Updates to Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme information

  6. Auditors information updated.

  7. Update to the Data Protection Lead address and minor edits.

  8. GBVS Beneficiary and Supplier Terms and Conditions updated.

  9. Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme information - HTML attachment updated

  10. Auditors information updated

  11. Devon and Somerset closed for new voucher projects

  12. Updates to the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

  13. Newcastle and North Tyneside removed from table.

  14. Map updated and Devon added to table.

  15. Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) information updated to clarify rural focus of the scheme and Active Gigabit Voucher Scheme Suppliers table and map updated to show current rural areas eligible for new voucher projects.

  16. Additional lot added to Active Gigabit Voucher Scheme Suppliers table

  17. Surrey (Lot 22) closed for Project Gigabit procurements.

  18. Updates to section 6 of the Privacy Notice

  19. Beneficiary Terms and Conditions Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme page added.

  20. Map updated.

  21. Auditors section added to Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme information.

  22. Privacy notice has been added

  23. First published.

Documents

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme information

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Privacy Notice

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GBVS Beneficiary Terms and Conditions (version 10.1)

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GBVS Supplier Terms and Conditions (version 10.1)

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Details

The Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) is part of Project Gigabit, the government’s programme to roll out fast, reliable broadband to homes and businesses that are not included in suppliers’ commercial plans.  

The majority of Project Gigabit delivery is being provided through major contracts, providing subsidies to suppliers to extend their gigabit-capable networks to premises that are unlikely to be reached otherwise. The GBVS is helping people upgrade their broadband connections through localised projects, using small grants allocated to residents and businesses, worth up to £4,500 each, that suppliers can accumulate towards the cost of installing gigabit-capable connections. GBVS projects can only be delivered in areas where there is no Project Gigabit procurement or contract, or existing or planned commercial coverage.

The GBVS closed to new voucher project submissions on 31 August 2026. Delivery is ongoing for existing voucher projects and will continue until the scheme’s planned closure on 31 March 2028, or projects’ agreed end dates, if earlier.

Visit this page for further information about the scheme including eligibility criteria.

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