To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many households in Leicester have television receiving equipment; and what proportion receive a signal from (a) Waltham television transmitter (BBC), (b) Sutton Coldfield television transmitter (BBC) and (c) other BBC transmitters. (83986)

Nationally, an estimated 97.6 per cent. of households have television reception equipment. We do not have local figures for Leicester.

Most viewers in Leicester can get signals either from the Waltham transmitter or from a small transmitter in the city which relays Waltham’s signals. The Sutton Coldfield transmitter does overlap Waltham across most of the city and there are a few parts (notably the Wigston area of the city and a section to the south-west of the city centre) where only Sutton Coldfield provides adequate signals.