Scottish 4G Infill Programme Evaluation

Footnotes

1. S4GI Use Case Examples

2. see Personal well-being in the UK QMI - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

3. Digital appraisal manual for Scotland: guidance - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

4. What is 4G? - Ofcom (ofcom.org.uk), accessed April 2022

5. ADSL: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

6. www.starlink.com

7. See Interactive report 2023 - Ofcom (ofcom.org.uk)

8. Connected Nations 2023 Interactive Report- Ofcom (ofcom.org.uk)

9. Motorways and A roads

10. Motorways, A and B Roads

11. Connected Nations 2023 Interactive Report - Ofcom (ofcom.org.uk)

12. Interactive report 2023 - Ofcom (ofcom.org.uk); accessed February 2024

13. Connected Nations 2021: Scotland report - Ofcom (ofcom.org.uk); accessed April 2022

14. This is unsurprising as SIMD is generally poor at capturing rural deprivation as deprivation is more spatially dispersed in rural locations compared to urban areas – see Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD): Rural Deprivation Evidence Summary - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

15. See Appendix A or a full breakdown of the proportion of the mast sites in each of the SIMD deciles and the Scottish Government’s Urban Rural Classification

16. Including agreement with the landowner and achievement of planning permission from the local planning authority

17. People and Communities - Rural Scotland Key Facts 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

18. Superfast Broadband Programme – State aid Evaluation Report (publishing.service.gov.uk), 2020

19. Superfast Broadband Evaluation: Key Benefits and Impacts (publishing.service.gov.uk)

20. The long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas: key achievements and ways forward - European Union (europa.eu)

21. S4GI Use Case – Lemreway (Western Isles): A vital improvement for the community

22. Blended learning combines online education with traditional classroom methods

23. Including a wide range of free online courses such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), see MOOC.org | Massive Open Online Courses | An edX Site

24. Enhancing Rural Connectivity Report - Vodafone (www.vodafone.com)

25. No Longer Optional: Employer Demand for Digital Skills (publishing.service.gov.uk)

26. A changing nation: how Scotland will thrive in a digital world - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

27. see Evaluation of the Attend Anywhere / Near Me video consulting service in Scotland, 2019-2 (www.gov.scot)

28. A quality adjusted life year (QALY) is a metric which measures the healthy years lived by an individual

29. Market study on telemedicine, 2018 - European Union (europa.eu)

30. Deloitte: The Economic and Social Impacts of Enhanced Digitalisation in Scotland (2015); Evaluation of the Attend Anywhere / Near Me video consulting service in Scotland, 2019-2 (www.gov.scot)

31. Statistics on access to cash, bank branches, and ATMs, 2022 - House of Commons Library (parliament.uk)

32. Deloitte: The Economic and Social Impacts of Enhanced Digitalisation in Scotland (2015)

33. Community resilience can be understood as the cohesion and strength of a community

34. S4GI Use Case Examples

35. Superfast Broadband Programme Evaluation: Key Benefits and Impacts, 2020 – Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (www.gov.uk)

36. Evaluation of the Economic Impact and Public Value of the Superfast Broadband Programme, 2018 Report - Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (www.gov.uk)

37. Superfast Broadband Programme – State aid Evaluation Report (publishing.service.gov.uk), 2020

38. S4GI Use Case Examples

39. UK Payment Markets, 2021 – UK Finance (ukfinance.org.uk)

40. Superfast Broadband Programme – State aid Evaluation Report (publishing.service.gov.uk), 2020

41. Skerratt, S., (2010) “Hot Spots and Not Spots: Addressing Infrastructure and Service Provision through Combined Approaches in Rural Scotland”, Sustainability, 2, 1719–1741.

42. Superfast Broadband Programme – State aid Evaluation Report (publishing.service.gov.uk), 2020

43. Superfast Broadband Programme – State aid Evaluation Report (publishing.service.gov.uk), 2020

44. Superfast Broadband Programme – State aid Evaluation Report (publishing.service.gov.uk), 2020

45. Homeworking Report: An assessment of the impact of teleworking on carbon savings and the longer-term effects on infrastructure services, Carbon Trust, 2021

46. The economic and social impacts of enhanced digitalisation in Scotland – Scottish Futures Trust (scottishfuturestrust.org.uk)

47. Scotland’s digital potential with enhanced 4G and 5G capability – Scottish Futures Trust (scottishfuturestrust.org.uk)

48. Impacts of the digital transformation on the environment and sustainability, R. Liu et al, 2019 – European Union (www.europa.eu)

49. Advanced Technologies for Industry – At Watch, Technology Focus on Cloud Computing, December 2020, At Watch Cloud - European Union (www.europa.eu)

50. Note that due to the timescales of the survey programme, some addresses were considered under the; mast scheduled’ category, but during subsequent rounds were then considered to be in the ‘mast installed’ category. Hence some addresses were issued both ‘scheduled’ and combined surveys, so the number of unique addresses (1399) does not equal the total number of surveys sent.

51. See Rural Scotland Key Facts 2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

52. A further 3 respondents were not sure if they had signed up to a broadband contract.

53. One respondent did not answer the ‘Operator’ questions.

54. Some respondents did not answer both ‘prior’ and ‘since’ questions in the survey for connectivity.

55. Note that this was a multi-choice question and therefore respondents were able to select more than one response – the percentages therefore do not sum to 100%

56. see Personal well-being in the UK QMI - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

57. These four aspects are well established in the literature and are often referred to as the Office for National Statistics four aspects of personal wellbeing or the ONS4

58. Personal well-being in the UK QMI - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

59. While there were 53 ‘before’ surveys received,10 people did not respond to the wellbeing questions.

60. Note that due to rounding the difference is 0.2 rather than 0.1 as the preceding columns may suggest.

61. Note that one business did not respond to this question.

62. The question on home working was not directed to the businesses who indicated that they were sole traders – note that two businesses did not specify whether they were a sole trader or not.

63. www.starlink.com/gb

64. SRN is a UK government led programme which aims to provide 4G coverage to 280,000 premises, an additional 16,000km2 of roads, and National Parks and Areas of Natural Beauty across the UK. The majority of funding is being invested in Scotland, with a forecast 74% improvement in the country by the end of the programme in 2027. Four Mobile Network Operators (MNO) EE, Three, Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone will deliver 4G coverage to 95% of the UK landmass by the end of 2025. It is understood that S4GI sites were assessed for alignment with the SRN network.

65. S4GI Use Case Examples

66. see Personal well-being in the UK QMI - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)

67. Scottish Household Survey 2019 Table 7.14b: Where adults who use the internet access it for personal use, by annual net income – On the move via a mobile phone / smart phone / tablet

68. Scottish Household Survey 2019 Table 7.13: Use of internet by tenure

69. Scottish Household Survey 2019 Table 7.4: Households with home internet access by SIMD and year

70. Scottish Household Survey 2019 Table 7.8 Use of internet by age

71. Scottish Household Survey 2019: Table 7.16b: Methods used by adults who use the internet for personal use by age