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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.


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Constituency Households (defined as eligible benefit units)

Berwick-upon-Tweed

9,000

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

Tyne Bridge

11,000

Tynemouth

11,000

Wansbeck

13,000

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.

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.


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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

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

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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