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Digital Broadcasting
Mrs. Hodgson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her estimate is of the number of households that will qualify for assistance in switching over to digital television in (a) Gateshead East and Washington West, (b) the North East and (c) England. [108237]
Mr. Woodward:
The details are in the table.
Constituency | Households (defined as eligible benefit units) |
Berwick-upon-Tweed
|
9,000
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Bishop Auckland
|
14,000
|
Blaydon
|
10,000
|
Blyth Valley
|
11,000
|
City of Durham
|
10,000
|
Darlington
|
11,000
|
Easington
|
14,000
|
Gateshead East and Washington West
|
12,000
|
Hartlepool
|
12,000
|
Hexham
|
9,000
|
Houghton and Washington East
|
12,000
|
Jarrow
|
12,000
|
Middlesbrough
|
13,000
|
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
|
13,000
|
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
|
10,000
|
Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
|
11,000
|
Newcastle upon Tyne North
|
12,000
|
North Durham
|
12,000
|
North Tyneside
|
13,000
|
North-West Durham
|
14,000
|
Redcar
|
14,000
|
Sedgefield
|
12,000
|
South Shields
|
12,000
|
Stockton North
|
11,000
|
Stockton South
|
10,000
|
Sunderland North
|
13,000
|
Sunderland South
|
13,000
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Tyne Bridge
|
11,000
|
Tynemouth
|
11,000
|
Wansbeck
|
13,000
|
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North East Government Office Region
|
354,000
|
England
|
5,800,000
|
1. Totals for Constituencies rounded to the nearest thousand. Totals for England, rounded to the nearest hundred-thousand.
2. Eligibility for help from the Digital Switchover Help Scheme will be by benefit unit
rather than the whole household definition used by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) the Scottish Executive, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Office to forecast future household growth.
3. The definition of a benefit unit is a couple and any dependent children. It excludes adults deemed to be non-dependents who, if eligible, will be able to claim assistance from the Help Scheme in their own right.
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Digital Television
Mr. Dunne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of households which will qualify for assistance in switching over to digital television in (a) Ludlow constituency, (b) Shropshire and (c) the West Midlands. [110400]
Mr. Woodward:
The details are in the table.
Constituency | Households (defined as eligible benefit units) |
Aldridge-Brownhills
|
11,000
|
Birmingham, Edgbaston
|
10,000
|
Birmingham, Erdington
|
13,000
|
Birmingham, Hall Green
|
10,000
|
Birmingham, Hodge Hill
|
10,000
|
Birmingham, Ladywood
|
10,000
|
Birmingham, Northfield
|
10,000
|
Birmingham, Perry Barr
|
11,000
|
Birmingham, Selly Oak
|
11,000
|
Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath
|
12,000
|
Birmingham, Yardley
|
9,000
|
Bromsgrove
|
10,000
|
Burton
|
11,000
|
Cannock Chase
|
12,000
|
Coventry, North East
|
12,000
|
Coventry, North West
|
13,000
|
Coventry, South
|
12,000
|
Dudley, North
|
12,000
|
Dudley, South
|
10,000
|
Halesowen and Rowley Regis
|
11,000
|
Hereford
|
12,000
|
Leominster
|
12,000
|
Lichfield
|
9,000
|
Ludlow
|
10,000
|
Meriden
|
11,000
|
Mid Worcestershire
|
11,000
|
Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
11,000
|
North Shropshire
|
12,000
|
North Warwickshire
|
11,000
|
Nuneaton
|
11,000
|
Redditch
|
8,000
|
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Rugby and Kenilworth
|
11,000
|
Shrewsbury and Atcham
|
11,000
|
Solihull
|
13,000
|
South Staffordshire
|
10,000
|
Stafford
|
10,000
|
Staffordshire Moorlands
|
11,000
|
Stoke-on-Trent, Central
|
11,000
|
Stoke-on-Trent, North
|
11,000
|
Stoke-on-Trent, South
|
14,000
|
Stone
|
10,000
|
Stourbridge
|
10,000
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
12,000
|
Sutton Coldfield
|
10,000
|
Tamworth
|
10,000
|
Telford
|
10,000
|
The Wrekin
|
11,000
|
Walsall North
|
12,000
|
Walsall South
|
10,000
|
Warley
|
10,000
|
Warwick and Leamington
|
12,000
|
West Bromwich, East
|
11,000
|
West Bromwich, West
|
12,000
|
West Worcestershire
|
12,000
|
Wolverhampton, North East
|
10,000
|
Wolverhampton, South East
|
10,000
|
Wolverhampton, South West
|
11,000
|
Worcester
|
10,000
|
Wyre Forest
|
12,000
|
West Midlands Government Office Area (including Shropshire)
|
645,000
|
Shropshire
|
59,000
|
Leominster
|
12,000
|
Lichfield
|
9,000
|
Ludlow
|
10,000
|
Meriden
|
11,000
|
Mid Worcestershire
|
11,000
|
Newcastle-under-Lyme
|
11,000
|
North Shropshire
|
12,000
|
North Warwickshire
|
11,000
|
Nuneaton
|
11,000
|
Redditch
|
8,000
|
Rugby and Kenilworth
|
11,000
|
Shrewsbury and Atcham
|
11,000
|
Solihull
|
13,000
|
South Staffordshire
|
10,000
|
Stafford
|
10,000
|
Staffordshire Moorlands
|
11,000
|
Stoke-on-Trent, Central
|
11,000
|
Stoke-on-Trent, North
|
11,000
|
Stoke-on-Trent, South
|
14,000
|
Stone
|
10,000
|
Stourbridge
|
10,000
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
12,000
|
Sutton Coldfield
|
10,000
|
Tamworth
|
10,000
|
Telford
|
10,000
|
The Wrekin
|
11,000
|
Walsall, North
|
12,000
|
Walsall, South
|
10,000
|
Warley
|
10,000
|
Warwick and Leamington
|
12,000
|
West Bromwich, East
|
11,000
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West Bromwich, West
|
12,000
|
West Worcestershire
|
12,000
|
Wolverhampton, North East
|
10,000
|
Wolverhampton, South East
|
10,000
|
Wolverhampton, South West
|
11,000
|
Worcester
|
10,000
|
Wyre Forest
|
12,000
|
West Midlands Government Office Area (including Shropshire)
|
645,000
|
Shropshire
|
59,000
|
Notes:
1. Totals rounded to the nearest thousand.
2. Eligibility for help from the Digital Switchover Help Scheme will be by benefit unit rather than the whole household definition used by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLC) the Scottish Executive, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Office to forecast future household growth.
3. The definition of a benefit unit is a couple and any dependent children. It excludes adults deemed to be non-dependents who, if eligible, will be able to claim assistance from the Help Scheme in their own right.
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