§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the growth88W in level of (a) internet use and (b) broadband connectivity among small and medium enterprises over the last 12 months for which figures are available. [43816]
§ Mr. AlexanderThe Government's Business in the Information Age International Benchmarking Report 2001 (October 2001) assesses the extent to which UK businesses are using information and communications technologies in their operations. The report has been placed in the Libraries of the House. Oftel's report Business use of Internet small and medium business survey contains the broadband connectivity figures.
§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what international comparators she has identified as an appropriate basis for measuring UK broad hand infrastructure roll-out. [43815]
§ Mr. AlexanderThe UK Online Annual Report (December 2001) sets out the market performance metrics by which we will measure the UK's standing in the G7 in terms of the competitiveness and extensiveness of the broad band market.
§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what international comparators she has identified as an appropriate basis for measuring performance of the local-loop unbundling initiative in the UK. [43814]
§ Mr. AlexanderOftel is working with other European telecoms regulators to collect data relating to local loop unbundling (LLU) across Europe on a consistent basis.