HL Deb 09 May 2001 vol 625 c191WA
Lord Tanlaw

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What percentage of local authorities use broadband data transmission services in Scotland, England and Wales. [HL1971]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)

The department does not collect details about the percentage of local authorities that use broadband data transmission services. The issue of the percentage of local authorities which use broadband data transmission services in Scotland and Wales is a matter for the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly.