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Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 20 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what estimate he has made of the number of households without access to the internet, broken down by (a) income decile, (b) ethnicity and (c) region; (181375)

(2) what estimate he has made of the number of households containing children without access to the internet, broken down by (a) income decile, (b) ethnicity and (c) region;

(3) what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents with internet access, broken down by income decile.

I have been asked to reply.

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 both Houses.