§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the number of households that will not be able to access terrestrial television following the decision to stop the free to air access on Sky television in(a) the UK, (b) Suffolk, (c) Bury St. Edmunds constituency, (d) Norfolk, (e) Cambridgeshire and (f) Essex. [131842]
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§ Estelle MorrisEstimates of terrestrial television coverage are not available in the requested form. The estimated coverage of analogue terrestrial television services is 99.4 per cent. of the UK and currently 73.1 per cent. of UK households can receive Freeview's services via digital terrestrial television. Information about analogue coverage and digital terrestrial coverage based on post code, can be obtained from the BBC and the Independent Television Commission. BBC services on digital satellite can be viewed free-to-air without the need for a viewing card. ITV, Channel 4 and Five are now considering a scheme to enable viewers to continue receiving these services, with a viewing card.