What information it has about when areas which do not receive a digital television signal in Scotland will do so

Broadcasting is a reserved matterfor which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible.
Ofcom, the Office of Communications,published in April 2006 a research report The Communications Market: Nationsand Regions: Scotland which shows that digital terrestrial television availabilityis 82% in Scotland, the highest of any of the nations in the UK. It also includesinformation about the availability of digital television in Scotland viadigital satellite (98% availability) and digital cable (37% availability). The reportis available at www.ofcom.org.uk.
Some households cannot receivedigital terrestrial television at the moment and will not be able to do so untildigital switchover is complete in their ITV region, due in Borders region in 2008and in Grampian and Scottish regions in 2010. Further information about digitalswitchover is available at www.digitaluk.co.uk,including a postcode checking facility for any viewer to check whether digital televisionis available to them and on which platforms.