Broadband

Mr. Simon
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of households in (a) Birmingham, Erdington, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK have taken up broadband connectivity. [112996]

Alan Johnson
According to Oftel (Internet and Broadband Brief) 7 per cent, of households in the UK had broadband connections by the end of April 2003. These data are not available for Erdington and the West Midlands.