Television Reception (Derbyshire)

HC Deb 19 July 1972 vol 841 c108W

Mr. Whitehead

asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what number of households in Derbyshire cannot receive 625–line transmissions, or any signal from an Independent Television company, respectively, at the present time.

Sir J. Eden

The BBC tells me that 45,000 households, 15 per cent. of those in Derbyshire, cannot receive 625–line transmissions at present. The IBA tells me that 1,700 households, 0.55 per cent., cannot get a satisfactory signal from any IBA transmitter.