Internet: Enfield North

(asked on 12th June 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have access to the internet in Enfield North constituency in the latest period for which data is available.


Answered by
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John Whittingdale
This question was answered on 20th June 2023

According to the latest data from Think Broadband:

  1. In the Enfield North constituency, 92% of premises have access to a gigabit-capable connection, and 98% of premises have access to a fixed superfast (>30 Mbps) connection. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology does not hold data at a constituency level of the services purchased by households.

  2. In the London Borough of Enfield, 98% of premises have access to a superfast connection, 92% have access to a gigabit capable connection, and only 0.4% of premises have a fixed connection that is below the USO minimum (

  3. In London, 98% of premises have access to a superfast connection, 82% of premises have access to a gigabit-capable connection, and 0.32% of premises are below the USO minimum.

  4. In England, 98% of premises have access to a superfast connection, 76% of have access to a gigabit-capable connection, and 0.69% of premises are below the USO minimum.

The Department does not hold data on the number of people in the Enfield North constituency who do not use digital services. However, according to data from the Lloyds Consumer Digital Index, 3% of those living in London have no foundation level digital skills.

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