To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of households in Milton Keynes which do not have access to high-speed broadband. (279659)

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.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding the Government has allocated for expansion of high-speed broadband usage in Milton Keynes. (279738)

This Department has not allocated central funding for expansion of high-speed broadband to Milton Keynes. The Digital Britain Final Report, published on 16 June, set out the Government’s plans to ensure the delivery of high-speed broadband which includes a 50p levy per month on all fixed telephone lines to create a Next Generation Fund to ensure that high-speed broadband reaches the final third of the country that the market alone will not deliver to.