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Written question asked by Cathy Jamieson (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 November 2014. It was answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative) on Tuesday, 2 December 2014 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Broadband: Kilmarnock

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency are covered by (a) mobile telephone signal and (b) broadband.

Answer

Mobile and broadband data is available for East Ayrshire local authority, but not at a constituency level.

According to the most recent figures from Ofcom in 2013 in East Ayrshire, 89.0% of premises could get a 2G signal from three mobile operators and 99.9% from at least one of them, and 8.2% of premises could get a 3G signal from all four mobile operators and 74.3% from at least one of them - http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-mobile-coverage-data-2013.csv

Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2014 states that current generation broadband is available to close to 100% of UK premises and Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband is available to 78% of premises in the UK and to 64% of premises in Scotland. Ofcom reported that NGA broadband availability in East Ayrshire in spring 2013 was about 37.2% - http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-broadband-speed-data-2013.csv

Ofcom will be publishing its annual UK Infrastructure Report shortly which will include more recent data on levels of mobile and broadband coverage.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
215863
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Broadband Kilmarnock
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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