Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Monday, 22 February 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 March 2016. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 March 2016 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Broadband

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the average broadband speed in (1) North Yorkshire, and (2) London.

Answer

Data published by Ofcom shows that in 2011 the average broadband speed for London was 8.8 Mbit/s, with North Yorkshire averaging 6.6 Mbit/s and that by June 2015 commercial and BDUK programme roll-outs had led to an increase in the average speed to 32.6 Mbit/s for London and 22.5 Mbit/s for North Yorkshire.

This data can be downloaded the attached sheet and here:

http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/broadband/broadband-data-2011/

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL6270
Session: 2015-16
Attachment: FIxed Local Authority 2015
Subjects: Broadband Greater London North Yorkshire
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Broadband

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