Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House – in the Senedd at 2:47 pm on 28 February 2018.
Yes, we've just increased the amount of money that we currently spend on advertising the availability of broadband. We've just procured an advertising agency to go out on a two-county basis at a time—a rolling programme of advertising the availability of superfast in order to increase take-up.
I will say, though, that this is an enormous cultural change. We've all forgotten how fast this change has happened really. So, when this programme was first put in place, BT themselves estimated that about 21 per cent of the population would take up broadband. That's why the gain share is set at 21 per cent. They didn't expect to share any profit with us. It's currently running at just over 50 per cent. That's why we've got so much money to invest in the next stage. But, obviously, the faster that that climbs, the better. It's got quite a timetable on it, so we keep getting that gain share over several years in the future. So, I would encourage all of us to encourage as many people as possible to get online.