The Earl of Bradfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
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Cable Franchises Awarded in England Franchise area Number of Homes Pen Comments Andover 14,043 15.1% — Ashford and Dover 116,299 — Build yet to start Aylesbury/Amersham 60,638 — Build yet to start Barnet/Brent/Hammersmith 279,279 22.1% — Barnsley 91,000 — Penetration details not available Basildon/Southend 305,367 28.0% — Bassetlaw 32,800 — Build yet to start Bedford 95,000 — Penetration details not available Bedford 184,000 25.0% — Birmingham/Solihull 471,094 29.7% — Blackburn 180,000 12.9% — Blackpool/Fylde 103,694 — Build yet to start Bolton 145,000 15.9% — Bournemouth/Poole/Christchurch 151,000 18.4% — Bradford 184,000 25.0% Original franchise revoked and reissued Brighton/Hove/Worthing 170,000 17.5% — Bristol/Bath 405,644 19.0% — Bromley 118,000 19.0% — Burton upon Trent 77,675 — Build yet to start. Original franchise revoked. Bury Rochdale 155,000 19.6% — Bury St. Edmunds/Stowmarket/Braintree 104,778 — Build yet to start Cambridge/Newmarket/Huntingdon/Ely 132,100 23.8% — Camden 56,988 20.2% — Carlisle 41,000 — LDO franchise advertised—to be awarded. Original franchise handed back. Cheltenham/Gloucester 105,571 26.2% — Chester/Ellesmere Port 86,000 — Penetration details not available Chicester/Bognor 33,000 — LDO franchise advertised-to be awarded City of Westminster 120,000 16.5% Penetration details not available Corby/Kettering 90,000 — Penetration details not available Coventry 119,000 — — Crawley, Horley/Gatwick 14,000 10.5% Original franchise revoked and reissued Croydon 135,000 23.7% Original franchise revoked and reissued Darlington 34,000 — Build yet to start Dartford/Swanley 45,000 — Penetration details not available Derby 92,000 19.8% — Doncaster/Rotherham 202,000 — Penetration details not available Dorchester/Weymouth/Portland 37,500 — Franchise revoked Dudley/Wolverhampton 508,900 19.9% — Ealing 113,765 21.7% — Eastbourne/Hastings 150,000 — LDO franchise advertised—to be awarded What are the figures for the number of cable franchises in Britain, broken down by country, region and population density; which have been awarded; been awarded and subsequently revoked; and which have been advertised but not yet awarded; and
What are the figures for the total number of households and the percentage of households, for each franchise area, that are currently receiving cable television in Britain.
§ The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser of Carmyllie)For each country within the UK the table shows the following information.
- (i) The cable franchise areas within the country.
- (ii) The number of homes within each franchise area.
- (iii) The penetration rate for each franchise area (i.e. the percentage of subscribers where services are available).
- (iv) Any particular details about a franchise area (i.e. build yet to start, LDO franchise advertised, franchise revoked etc.)
Information about population density in franchise areas is not readily available.
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Cable Franchises Awarded in England Franchise area Number of Homes Pen Comments Enfield 106,181 26.4% — Epping Forest District 45,335 — Penetration details not available Exeter/Plymouth/Torbay/Totnes 202,000 — Penetration details not available Grantham 30,000 — Penetration details not available Gravesend/Rochester 187,773 — Build yet to start Great Yarmouth/Lowerstoft/Caister 56,511 — Build yet to start Greater London East 228,610 24.1% — Greenwich/Lewisham 196,000 22.2% — Grimsby 63,000 — Penetration details not available Guildford/Woking/Camberley/Fleet 136,000 21.2% Original franchise revoked Hackney/Islington 160,670 — Penetration details not available Halifax/Brighouse 79,000 — Penetration details not available Haringey 91,356 18.7% — Harlow/Bishops Stortford/Stansted 53,000 31.3% — Harrow 75,468 26.7% — Havering 88,969 24.1% — Hay wards Heath 33,000 — LDO franchise advertised—to be awarded. Original franchise revoked Hemel Hempstead/St. Albans 95,000 18.1% — Hertford/Ware/Cheshunt/Hoddesdon 57,000 — Penetration details not available Hickley 31,204 — Build yet to start. Original franchise revoked Hillingdon 95,342 20.3% — Hounslow 81,873 — Combined with Hillingdon as Middlesex franchise Huddersfield/Dewsbury/Batley 138,000 — Penetration details not available Ipswich/Colchester/Harwich 126,474 — Penetration details not available Kensington/Chelsea 68,173 21.1% — Kingston/Richmond 140,433 18.5% — Lambeth/Southwark 205,316 21.7% — Leeds 282,087 21.6% — Leicester 170,670 20.9% — Lichfield 39,290 — Build yet to start Lincoln 43,000 — Penetration details not available Lines/S. Humber 174,000 — LDO franchise advertised-to be awarded Liverpool North 137,000 22.1% — Liverpool South 132,000 20.9% — Loughborough 30,000 — Build yet to start Luton/Dunstable/Leighton Buzzard 97,000 24.9% — Macclesfield/Wilmslow 55,000 — Penetration details not available Manchester/Salford/Trafford 395,000 18.4% — Mansfield 75,000 19.6% — Margate — — Franchise revoked Melton Mowbray 18,000 — Penetration details not available Merton/Sutton 144,572 22.8% — Middlesborough/Teesside 195,000 — Penetration details not available Newark, 35,000 — Penetration details not available North East Surrey 101,000 — Figures combined with North Surrey North Surrey 86,000 19.1% — Northampton 74,000 32.3% — Norwich 78,097 17.7% — Nottingham 250,000 24.8% — Nuneaton/Bedworth 43,000 — Build yet to start Oldham/Tameside 185,000 22.4% — Oxford/Abingdon 159,895 — Build yet to start Peterborough 56,773 21.6% — Portsmouth 228,000 22.0% — Preston 125,000 20.7% — Ravenshead 2,500 — Build yet to start Rugby 24,000 — Build yet to start Salisbury 70,453 — Combined with Andover for statistical purposes Sheffield 220,000 25.5% — Shrewsbury 85,000 — LDO franchise advertised-to be awarded South Hertfordshire 93,644 23.4% — Southampton 119,371 20.6% — Southport 90,000 — LDO franchise advertised-to be awarded St. Helens/Knowsley 130,000 21.9% — Stafford/Stone 37,271 — Build yet to start Stevenage/Hitchin/Welwyn/Letchworth 102,000 — Penetration details not available Stockport 125,000 17.9% Penetration details not available Stoke on Trent 175,000 — Build yet to start Swindon 66,000 34.7% Original franchise revoked and reissued. Tamworth 43,315 — Build yet to start. Original franchise revoked. Telford 56,939 21.6% —
Cable Franchises Awarded in England Franchise area Number of Homes Pen Comments Thames Valley 184,000 18.5% — Thamesmead 8,962 — Penetration details not available The Wirral 131,000 — Build yet to start Tonbridge/Sevenoaks/Tunbridge Wells 90,600 — Build yet to start Totton & Hythe 25,000 — Build yet to start Tower Hamlets/Newham 141,767 16.2% — Tyneside 354,098 20.5% — Wakefield 99,000 — Penetration details not available Waltham Forest 86,375 24.1% — Wandsworth 110,965 15.7% — Warrington/Runcorn 115,000 — Penetration details not available Warwick/Stratford/Kenilworth 50,000 — Build yet to start Wearside 206,000 — Build yet to start Wigan 121,000 17.0% — Winchester 18,982 — Build yet to start Windsor/Slough/Staines/Ashford 116,505 16.0% — Wisbech/March/Wittlesey 29,618 — Build yet to start Worcester/Redditch 75,000 — Build yet to start Wythall 4,000 — Build yet to start York and Harrogate 98,212 — Build yet to start
Cable Franchises Awarded in Scotland Franchise Area Number of homes Pen Comments Aberdeen 95,040 16.4% — Bearsden/Milngavie 14,000 — Penetration figures not available Cumbernauld 55,413 — Build yet to start Dumbarton 20,258 — Build yet to start Dundee/Broughty Ferry/Monifieth 79,123 14.6% — Edinburgh 186,116 23.5% — Falkirk and West Lothian 101,284 — Penetration figure not available Glasgow Central 128,000 12.5% — Glenrothes/Kirkaldy/Leven 54,289 18.5% — Greater Glasgow 254,000 — Figures combined with Glasgow Central Inverclyde 30,000 — Penetration figure not available Motherwell/Hamilton/East Kilbride 115,929 20.3% — Paisley/Renfrew 73,000 — Figures combined with Glasgow Central Perth/Scone 19,049 — Build yet to start
Cable Franchises Awarded in Wales Franchise Area Number of Homes Pen Comments Cardiff/Penarth 103,000 32.4% Franchise revoked and reissued Glamorgan/Gwent 330,000 — Build yet to start Newport/Cwmbran/Pontypool 85,000 — Penetration figure not available Swansea/Port Talbot/Neath 122,000 21.2% —
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Cable Franchises Awarded in Northern Ireland Franchise area Number of homes Pen Comments Belfast — — Franchise revoked Northern Ireland 428,000 — Build yet to start