§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the percentage of households which make use of(a) digital television and (b) digital radio. [146696]
§ Janet Anderson[holding answer 23 January 2001]From the figures declared by the service providers, we estimate that around 6 million households in the UK use digital television, which represents 26 per cent. of households with a television. Estimates for the take-up of digital radio are not available, but around 20,000 digital radio receivers have been sold in the UK to date.