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Written question asked by Lord Herbert of South Downs (Conservative) on Monday, 9 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 February 2009. It was answered by Pat McFadden (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 on behalf of the Ofcom.


Broadband

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what proportion of households in rural areas (a) are connected to and (b) have the capacity to be connected to (i) 256 kb/s, (ii) 512 kb/s, (iii) 1MB/s and (iv) 2 MB/s broadband.
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 the hon. Member. Copies of the chief executive's letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
488 c828-9W; 256374
Session
2008-09
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-0955
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Broadband
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk