Digital Broadcasting: Television

Sir Robert Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of households in each regional television area have digital television receiving equipment.

Andy Burnham
[holding answer 29 January 2008]: The table shows the percentage of homes with digital by ITV region, taken from the Ofcom and Digital UK Switchover Tracker Survey, quarter three, 2007.

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|ITV region                                                 |Percentage|
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|STV North                                                  |72        |
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|STV Central                                                |88        |
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|Border                                                     |82        |
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|Wales                                                      |86        |
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|Ulster                                                     |180       |
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|London                                                     |82        |
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|Meridian                                                   |179       |
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|West country                                               |82        |
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|West                                                       |85        |
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|Central                                                    |177       |
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|Anglia                                                     |175       |
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|Yorkshire                                                  |178       |
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|Tyne Tees                                                  |190       |
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|Granada                                                    |81        |
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|1 Small base size—data should be viewed as indicative only.|          |
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