The digital switchover help scheme assisted 2,616 people in Copeland, Cumbria. The help scheme has just begun to assist people in the Selkirk transmitter area within the Border TV region and full take up figures will be published after the help scheme closes for that area in December. Gloucestershire, including the Forest of Dean, does not switch until 2010 and eligibility for the help scheme will start eight months before the first transmitter switch in that region. The way in which the help scheme was provided with information for Copeland means that data on the breakdown between those aged 75 or over and those who are disabled are not readily available. The help scheme is considering how best to make such information available in future, consistent with its data protection duties.