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Written question asked by Ashok Kumar (Labour) on Thursday, 15 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 January 2009. It was answered by Pat McFadden (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 February 2009 on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.


Broadband

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the number of households that do not have access to broadband internet in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland.
Answer

The matter raised is the responsibility of the independent regulator, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which is accountable to Parliament rather than Ministers. Accordingly, I have asked the chief executive of Ofcom to reply directly to my hon. Friend. Copies of the chief executive's letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
487 c1307W;487 c1306W; 249637
Session
2008-09
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-0077
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Broadband
Link
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