To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects all parts of east Lancashire to be able to receive digital terrestrial television. [81912]

Responsibility for the delivery of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in the UK rests with the BBC and ITC. Under plans for the launch phase, which comprises 81 transmitter sites, the Commission predicts that DTT services will be available to 250,000 people from the Pendle Forest transmitter, which covers a large proportion of east Lancashire. In addition, the Winter Hill main transmitter, of which Pendle Forest is a relay, also provides a service into parts of the region.