Norman Lamb – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2015-11-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been spent on the Mobile Infrastructure Project as of the end of November 2015; and what proportion of that figure was spent on (a) construction, (b) planning permission, (c) administration and (d) other costs.

Mr Edward Vaizey

As at the end of November 2015, spend on the Mobile Infrastructure Project is £9.1 Million. The breakdown of this spend is not in the format requested but the following information can be provided:

• Site Builds – £0.9 Million.

• Site Searches and acquisitions, which includes obtaining planning permission – £5.1 Million.

• Supplier management and programme management costs and one-off supplier deliverables – £3 Million

The above spend relates to concluded and ongoing activities to enable identification of suitable locations to build masts. The spend in respect of Site Builds includes payments for some of the masts that are already on air.