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Fixed Broadband: Policy and Speeds 2014
Standard Note:
SN06643
Last updated:
17th December 2014
Author:
Jacqueline Baker, David Hirst,
Edward White, Carl Baker
Section
Science and Environment Section
Social and General Statistics Section
This note sets out the current situation with regard to broadband access and coverage and
provides an overview of the Government’s broadband policy for the UK. It focuses on the
delivery of broadband targets and funding in England. The devolved administrations have
their own delivery programmes.
In addition, the note contains detailed data on broadband speeds and superfast availability
by region and parliamentary constituency, including maps.
The Government’s ambition is to provide everyone in the UK with access to broadband with
a download speed of at least 2 megabits per second (Mbps) and to provide 95% of the UK
with broadband speeds of at least 24 Mb/s (‘next-generation access’) by 2017.
The Government allocated £530 million to do this with a strategy Britain’s superfast
broadband future (December 2010) which seeks to incentivise the deployment of broadband
through a variety of technologies. It also set up Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) to manage
this delivery of this strategy and the roll-out of broadband in rural areas.
On 5 July 2013 the NAO reported on the Government’s broadband programme. The report
notes that Departmental forecasts predict the programme will complete its rollout 22 months
later than originally planned. The NAO report was followed by a series of select committee
inquiries.
On 7 August 2014, DCMS published figures showing that the programme had extended
superfast broadband to more than 1 million homes and businesses across the UK and was
on course to extend superfast broadband to 95% of UK homes and businesses by 2017.
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Contents
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2
3
4
Policy on broadband access
2
1.1
2
Key commitments
Funding and Delivery of the Strategy
4
2.1
Broadband Delivery UK
4
2.2
Rural community broadband fund
5
2.3
Broadband innovation fund
5
2.4
Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013
5
2.5
Super-connected cities
6
Comment and issues
6
3.1
EU State Aid
6
3.2
Suppliers
6
Coverage and performance
7
4.1
Summary of coverage and performance data
7
4.2
Committee Activity
8
5
Broadband Speeds: Detailed Region and Constituency Level Data
10
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Appendix A: Detailed Regional Maps of Broadband Speed
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Appendix B: Data Tables by Parliamentary Constituency
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1
Policy on broadband access
The Government’s main broadband commitments were first announced by Jeremy Hunt,
Secretary of State for Culture, Media, Olympics and Sport on 8 June 2010. They were then
followed up in more detail in a broadband strategy – Britain’s superfast broadband future in
December 2010. The key elements of policy are summarised below. 1 The Chancellor
confirmed that £530 million will be invested over the Spending Review period to support the
UK’s broadband network and to incentivise the roll out of superfast broadband in areas that
the private sector would not otherwise reach.2 This included £300 million made available
from the BBC licence fee revenue.3
1.1

1
2
3
Key commitments
Universal access to broadband at a minimum of 2Mbps for all by 2015
Department of Culture, Media and Sport website, Key note speech by Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for
Culture, Media, Olympics and Sport, to the Hospital Society on 8 th June 2010.
Cm 7942, Spending Review 2010, October 2010, para 1.39
Ibid, para 2.117
2
The previous Government set this target but it had not been clear whether the 2Mbps
was a minimum. Although the current Government kept this target it was “not convinced”
that there was sufficient funding in place to achieve this the original 2012 deadline and
has set a “more realistic target” of achieving this access within the lifetime of this
Parliament bearing in mind the funding available in the short term.4 This commitment was
restated in the Government’s broadband strategy (see below).

Ensuring the UK has the best superfast broadband network in Europe by the end
of the Parliament (2015).
The previous Government’s target was for 90% of the UK to have superfast broadband
by 2017 (i.e greater than 24Mb/s). The current Government said that this commitment
could be met using fixed or wireless technology.5 Jeremy Hunt suggested that he wanted
90% of people in each local authority area to have access to superfast (24 Mbps)
broadband ISP service by 2015.6

Seeking to introduce superfast broadband in remote areas at the same time as in
more populated areas.7.
This was a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment.

Four market testing project schemes to bring superfast broadband to rural and hard to
reach areas. These are intended to provide information that will help the Government to
target intervention and look at how to make superfast broadband viable in the most
challenging areas.
Activity in support of this objective has focused on rural pilot projects in Cumbria,
Herefordshire / Gloucestershire Borders, North Yorkshire and the Highlands and Islands
in Scotland.8 The Government has provided a further £50m funding package (of the
£530m allocation) to fund another wave of rural projects.9

Facilitating mobile broadband: In early 2013 Ofcom awarded 800MHz and 2.6GHz
spectrum by auction to allow the development of next generation mobile services (4G).
Ofcom included a coverage obligation of 95% of the UK population in the licence for the
800MHz spectrum.

Enabling and ensuring access to existing infrastructure to reduce the cost of
deployment.
Ofcom has consulted on relevant measures to open up BT infrastructure (including ducts
and poles) and on competition in broadband.10 In July 2010 BIS published a discussion
paper setting out the Government’s thinking on broadband providers gaining access to
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Speech by Jeremy Hunt MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media, Olympics and Sport at Broadband Industry
Event, 15 July 2010
HC 17 June 2010 c.533W
Government plans 90% UK coverage of 25Mbps superfast broadband by 2015, ISP Review,13 May 2011
HL Deb 10 June 2010 c.WA58
HM Treasury website, Spending Review Statement, 20 October 2010
The Local Broadband Plan for an additional pilot project, Digital Rutland, was approved by BDUK in
September 2011.
Ofcom, Enabling a superfast broadband Britain, 23 March 2010
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other utilities’ infrastructure and inviting views on the most effective ways to achieve it. 11
In October 2010, Ofcom issued a statement on its new regulatory obligations for BT to
support investment and competition in superfast broadband.12
2
Funding and Delivery of the Strategy
During the 2010-15 spending review period a total of £530 million which includes £300
million from TV licence revenue has been allocated to broadband delivery. Funding from
2015-17 has not yet been allocated from central Government but the licence fee settlement
(agreed in 2010) provides a further £150 million in each of 2015-16 and 2016-17 is available
for BDUK funding if required.13
2.1
Broadband Delivery UK
Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) is responsible for managing the Government’s broadband
funding. Individual projects are the responsibility of local authorities and the devolved
administrations, as set out in BDUK’s delivery model.
Each local authority in England has been allocated funding to help provide 90 per cent of
homes and businesses with access to superfast broadband and everyone with access to at
least 2Mbps, while funding has also been allocated to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
As part of the Government’s £530 million investment in the UK’s broadband network, English
counties are set to receive £294.8 million.14 In England each county council or local
enterprise partnership will lead broadband roll-out in their area, draw up an effective delivery
plan, and match the Government’s investment with European, their own or private funds.
The BDUK website summarises how the process should work:
The rural broadband programme will be delivered through numerous separate local
projects with complex procurements. The lead local authorities will have responsibility
for managing the procurement process (the devolved administrations will be
responsible for the process in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland).
To help speed up the procurement process, BDUK has put in place a framework
agreement, with input from a number of the pilot local authorities. Local authorities and
other local bodies can run a mini-competition from the framework to select a specific
supplier to deliver broadband services for a local project.15
BDUK has developed a broadband delivery framework for use by the local authorities to
assist in the procurement process. This framework contract was signed by DCMS and the
suppliers BT and Fujitsu on 29 June 2012 (see section 3.2).
Up to date information on the status of individual local authority programmes is provided on
the BDUK website.
11
12
13
14
15
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), Broadband deployment and sharing other utilities’
infrastructure: A discussion paper, July 2010
Ofcom, Review of the wholesale local access market – statement, 7 October 2010
BDUK, Broadband Delivery Model, 2011 para 14.3.1-2
The devolved administrations are set to receive the following: Scotland £100.8 million; Wales £56.9 million;
Northern Ireland; £4.4 million
https://www.gov.uk/broadband-delivery-uk
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2.2
Rural community broadband fund
On 10 March 2011, Defra announced funding expected to be worth up to £20 million for a
new Rural Community Broadband Fund as part of a new rural support package which also
included support for hill farmers. The fund is jointly funded by the Rural Development
Programme for England (joint UK/EU funding) and BDUK. This has been set up to allow
rural communities, including those in the uplands, to apply for help with small scale
broadband projects.
The Rural Community Broadband Fund drew on RDPE European funds and the £530m
BDUK fund announced in the Spending Review. The Rural Community Broadband Fund is
now closed.
2.3
Broadband innovation fund
The Government’s focus has turned towards finding ways of extending broadband to
premises in the hardest to reach places – namely remote and rural areas. On 21 March
2014, the Government invited applicants to a new £10m innovation fund, which will test
innovative ways to help take broadband to Britain's most remote communities.16 DCMS
announced that suppliers could submit bids in three different categories17:

Technology – seeing whether a technology that works can be used in remote areas

Operating models – trying novel operating models such as joining smaller networks
together into a common larger network

Financial – testing innovative public / private funding models that could bring in new
investment
On 19 June 2014, the Government announced the eight shortlisted pilots.18 These pilots will
explore how to expand coverage in remote areas, using fixed wireless and satellite
technologies, a social investment financial model and an operating model which aggregates
small rural networks.19
2.4
Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013
On 7 September 2012 the Government announced a range of measures to ‘fast-track’ the
roll-out of superfast broadband.20 The announcement included a proposal that broadband
street cabinets and other equipment could be installed in any location other than a site of
special scientific interest without the need for prior approval from the local council and
without any conditions being placed upon the construction or design by local authorities
except in exceptional circumstances.
The Growth and Infrastructure Act enables this by adding the need to promote economic
growth as another consideration to be taken into account in making regulations which
provide communications operators with rights to undertake development with the usual
consents.
DCMS, “Press Release: £10 million superfast broadband fund opens for bids.” (21 March 2014). Accessed
online: 21 August 2014.
17 Ibid.
18 DCMS, “Press Release: £10m broadfund fund - winning bids announced.” (19 June 2014) Accessed online: 21
August 2014.
19 Ibid.
20 http://www.culture.gov.uk/news/media_releases/9331.aspx
16
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2.5
Super-connected cities
In 2011, the government set aside £100 million for an Urban Broadband Fund (UBF) that will
create up to ten ‘super-connected’ cities across the UK. This was followed in 2012 by a
further fund of £50 million for a ‘second wave’ of cities to benefit from this programme.
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Comment and issues
The overall reaction to the Government’s plans for broadband was been broadly positive.
The Commission for Rural Communities welcomed the initial funding announced in the
spending review and the specific recognition of the need to address rural broadband.21 The
Labour Party’s main criticism was that the £300m funding from the BBC licence fee for
broadband would not be forthcoming until 2013, questioning whether the Government can
make sufficient progress towards its targets before these additional funds kick in.
Success will ultimately depend on whether funding is enough to achieve the Government’s
broadband aims. And this will depend on the kinds of commercial partnerships that can be
formed to match Government money.
3.1
EU State Aid
The local broadband projects will be subsidised to varying extents by funding from DCMS,
as well as other UK and potentially EU public sources, which could be considered as state
aid. Before these projects can be implemented and broadband rolled out state aid clearance
has to be obtained from the European Commission.
Initially clearance was obtained on a case by case basis which held up the delivery of local
authority procurement processes. Now an ‘umbrella’ clearance has been given to all
projects.
3.2
Suppliers
BDUK’s framework contract was introduced to help local authorities with the procurement
process. Though it was signed by the suppliers BT and Fujitsu on 29 June 2012 the Minster
has since confirmed that contracts need not be restricted to BT and Fujitsu as per the
Framework agreement, but contracts agreed with other organisations will have to be
approved by BDUK.22 BDUK set out the benefits of the framework:
• suppliers will need to only bid once to be selected for the framework agreement rather
than face multiple procurements
• the process will ensure more uniform private sector solutions while still enabling local
requirements to be met through the individual call-off contracts
• BDUK will seek state aid clearance from the European Commission for all call-off
contracts which will avoid local bodies having to manage separate state aid clearance
processes
Government anticipated that most projects entering into procurement in 2012 will use the
framework.
21
22
CRC, Government announcement on rural broadband, 9 June 2010
HC Deb, 10 Sep 2012, c115
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Initially nine suppliers passed the selection process to be included in the framework
agreement but 7 were subsequently deterred by the cost of delivering broadband to remote
areas which left only Fujitsu and BT. Comment in the media suggested that to compete in
the procurement process suppliers would have to work at scale and that realistically BT
would be the only organisation in place to do this.23
As of April 2013, the media reported that BT was the only company to have been awarded a
delivery contract.24 On 18 March it was reported that Fujitsu withdrew from the BDUK
process, leaving BT as the only participant in the framework agreement.25
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Coverage and performance
4.1
Summary of coverage and performance data
Ofcom published data on UK fixed-line broadband performance in May 2014. This noted:

The average speed for fixed broadband connections was 18.7 Mb/s. This is up from
14.7 Mb/s in May 2013.

28% of connections were classified as superfast. This is an increase from 20% in
May 2013.
Ofcom’s Infrastructure Report, published in November 2013 noted:

Take-up of fixed-line broadband was 72%.

8% of connections are categorised as ‘slow’ – i.e. a speed of less than 2 Mb/s.

Superfast connections were available to 73% of premises.
On 7 August 2014, DCMS published the latest set of data on the BDUK superfast broadband
programme.26 The figures showed that:27

the programme had extended superfast broadband to more than 1 million homes and
businesses across the UK;

it was on course to extend superfast broadband to 95% of UK homes and businesses
by 2017
23
E.g. FT, Broadband contract attracts two bidders, July 2 2012
The Guardian, BT creates 1,000 fibre-broadband installation jobs, 7 March 2012
25 Computer Weekly, Fujitsu pulls out of BDUK, 18 March 2013
26 DCMS, “Broadband Performance Indicator – June 2014” (August 2014). Accessed online: 21 August 2014.
27 DCMS, “Press Release: Superfast broadband reaches 1 million more homes and businesses” Gov.uk i(8
August 2014). Accessed online: 21 August 2014.
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Ofcom publishes data on four headline indicators for broadband delivery: coverage and takeup; speed; price; and choice. These four indicators are being used to compare the UK’s
broadband network relative to France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The latest set of figures were published on 12 March 2014.28 In this scorecard approach –
proposed by BDUK – the UK comes out top for superfast, standard and mobile broadband
coverage, with 83 households per 100 broadband connected.
These figures also showed that superfast broadband coverage had increased with 70-75%
of households covered. This means that the UK now has the highest level of coverage
amongst the EU5: Germany (65-70% of households covered), Spain (60-65%), France (2025%) and Italy (10-15%).29
There has been some criticism of the speeds offered and of the Government’s targeted and
ambitions. For instance, on 14 July 2014, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)
published a report looking into broadband provision and access for businesses in the UK.
This report found that30:

14 % of small businesses consider lack of reliable and fast broadband connectivity to
be their main barrier to growth.

Only 15 per cent of small firms say they are very satisfied with their broadband
provision, while a quarter say they are fairly or very dissatisfied.
John Allan, FSB’s National Chairman, has said:
"The fact that we have around 45,000 businesses still on dial up is unacceptable and
many more throughout the country, even in London, are receiving poor service.
Evidence from our members shows this clearly is a problem affecting all corners of the
UK, rural areas and cities alike.”
4.2
Committee Activity
On 5 July 2013, the National Audit Office published a report on the rural broadband
programme to make superfast broadband widely available in each area of the UK, which
stated the programme is currently expected to be delivered nearly two years later than
planned. The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts on 5
July 2013 made a statement on the delayed programme:
‘Opaque data and limited benchmarks for comparison mean the Department has no
idea if BT is being reasonable or adding in big mark ups. Private sector organisations
need to be 100% transparent about their figures when spending public money. It is not
acceptable to hide behind arguments about commercial sensitivity. Ofcom needs to up
its game and ensure BT does not make super profits out of its dominance of the
wholesale broadband market. DCMS must take more control of the programme to
ensure people in rural areas get the super-fast broadband they were promised, at a
reasonable cost to the taxpayer.’ (extract).
Ofcom, “The European Broadband Scorecard” (March 2014). Accessed online: 21 August 2014.
Ibid.
30 FSB, “The fourth utility: Delivering universal broadband connectivity for small businesses across the UK” (July
2014).
28
29
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After publication of the NAO report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) took oral
evidence on the rural broadband programme on 17 July 2013. Following this, Ian Livingston,
BT Chief Executive, was quoted in the press heavily criticising the evidence session and the
committee. In September 2013, PAC published their Report on the Rural Broadband
Programme
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee published their Rural Communities
report on 24 July 2013 - which identifies the rural broadband programme as running ‘nearly
two years behind schedule. The roll-out of superfast broadband to 90% of rural areas will be
delivered late and it is unclear when the target of universal access to 2Mbps broadband will
be achieved.’
Following the Government’s response to its report PAC considered the Department had
‘failed to engage constructively with our conclusions and recommendations’. They recalled
the Department and BT to give further evidence in January 2014 and following this, on 1
April 2014, the PAC published a further report on the rural broadband programme.
In this second report, the PAC queried costs and commented that the released maps did not
show detailed coverage and broadband speeds. The report stressed the need for data
transparency and more detail to encourage competition, increased co-operation with local
authorities and scrutiny of the use of public money.
In response a BT spokesman stated:
"BT is delivering value for money and the National Audit Office acknowledged there
are 'robust' processes in place to ensure that. As for maps, most councils have
published coverage maps with our support. More detailed data will be released by
them in due course once surveys have been completed and we know for sure that we
are going to an area."31
31
BBC News Article, Rural broadband maps criticised for lacking detail, 1 April 2014
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Broadband Speeds and Superfast Availability:
Detailed Region and Constituency Level Data
The following tables and maps are based House of Commons Library analysis of detailed
postcode-level data published by Ofcom in December 2014.32
As Table A shows, broadband speeds and superfast broadband availability are higher in
England than in Scotland or Wales. ‘Superfast’ here uses the European definition: at least 30
Mb/s.
Table A: Average Fixed Broadband Speeds and Superfast Availability, 2014
GB Countries and English Regions
Country
% Superfast
Speed Mb/s
England
Scotland
Wales
78%
62%
57%
24.1
21.3
18.2
Region
East Midlands
East of England
London
North East
North West
South East
South West
West Midlands
Yorkshire and The Humber
% Superfast
Speed Mb/s
73%
73%
90%
80%
81%
79%
66%
80%
72%
23.3
23.9
27.3
24.1
24.0
24.7
21.5
24.5
21.7
Outside of London, the highest English broadband speeds are found in the South East and
the West Midlands. Speeds in the South West are the lowest in England and are only slightly
higher than those in Scotland.
As one would expect, urban areas have higher broadband speeds than rural areas, as Table
B shows. Over four-fifths of urban areas have access to superfast broadband, compared to
two-fifths of rural towns and less than one-fifth of rural villages.
Table B: Fixed Broadband Speed and Superfast Availability, 2014
By urban/rural classification of LSOA
Superfast
Classification of LSOA
Availability
Speed Mb/s
Number of
LSOAs
Rural town and fringe
45%
16.7
3,189
Rural town and fringe in a sparse setting
Rural village and dispersed
Rural village and dispersed in a sparse setting
Urban city and town
Urban city and town in a sparse setting
34%
17%
10%
85%
38%
14.9
8.5
6.8
25.6
14.3
197
2,490
328
15,724
94
Urban major conurbation
Urban minor conurbation
90%
85%
27.3
25.1
11,523
1,208
Table C shows the highest and lowest parliamentary constituencies in Great Britain by fixed
broadband speed.33 Full constituency rankings are found in the appendix to this document.
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http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk. Data for Northern Ireland cannot be aggregated from postcode level to
parliamentary constituencies in the same manner. Data for Northern Ireland by administrative authority can be
found on the Ofcom site.
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18 of the top 20 constituencies are in England. Only two are in London (and both in South
West London), despite the fact that London’s average speeds are higher than that of any
other region.
The highest speeds in the North of England are found in Great Grimsby. Hartlepool (rank 33)
and Middlesbrough (44) have the highest speeds in the North East; Bootle (34) and
Wythenshawe & Sale East (37) in the North West, and Swansea East (54) in Wales. The
lowest speeds in the South East are found in Buckingham (rank 577), Arundel & South
Downs (544) and Bexhill & Battle (543).
Table C: Fixed Broadband Speed by Parliamentary Constituency, GB, 2014
Highest Speeds
Rank
Constituency
Lowest Speeds
Speed Mb/s
Rank
Constituency
Speed Mb/s
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
Sco
Eng
Eng
Sco
Eng
Eng
Bristol South
Great Grimsby
Gillingham and Rainham
Aldershot
Portsmouth North
Surrey Heath
Lincoln
West Dunbartonshire
Bristol North West
Bristol East
Edinburgh South West
Chatham and Aylesford
Richmond Park
36.1
35.9
35.7
34.8
34.6
34.3
33.9
33.8
33.7
33.6
33.6
33.5
33.5
632
631
630
629
628
627
626
625
624
623
622
621
620
Sco
Wal
Sco
Wal
Wal
Wal
Sco
Wal
Sco
Wal
Sco
Wal
Wal
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Argyll and Bute
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Ceredigion
Montgomeryshire
Orkney and Shetland
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Brecon and Radnorshire
Aberconwy
5.3
7.0
7.1
7.5
7.5
7.7
8.0
8.4
8.5
8.6
9.1
9.2
9.4
14
15
16
Eng
Eng
Eng
Portsmouth South
Wolverhampton North East
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
33.5
33.4
33.3
619
618
617
Eng
Eng
Eng
Copeland
North Herefordshire
South Norfolk
9.8
9.8
10.4
17
18
19
20
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
Stevenage
Kingston and Surbiton
Hove
Brighton, Pavilion
33.3
33.3
33.3
33.2
616
615
614
613
Sco
Eng
Eng
Wal
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Penrith and The Border
Derbyshire Dales
Clwyd West
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
Map 1 (overleaf) shows this data for Great Britain in map form.
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Precise ordinal ranks and connection speeds should be regarded as estimates, since the calculation method
used here has the effect of underestimating areas with very high connection speeds. This is likely to have a
greater effect at the top end of the rankings.
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Map 1: Fixed broadband speed by parliamentary constituency, Great Britain, 2014
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Table D shows the highest and lowest speeds for of constituencies for certain urban/rural
classifications. Average speeds are calculated on the basis of the urban/rural classification
of LSOAs in each constituency. So the first sub-table shows that when we restrict to ‘Rural
Town and Fringe’ LSOAs, the slowest average speeds are found in Dartford constituency
and the fastest are found in Lincoln constituency. Similarly, when we restrict to ‘Urban
Conurbation’ (either major or minor) LSOAs, the slowest are found in Penistone &
Stocksbridge and the fastest are found in Surrey Heath. In each category, only
constituencies with at least three LSOAs matching the relevant urban/rural category are
included.
Table D: Fixed broadband speed (Mb/s) for each LSOA urban/rural classification, 2014
England and Wales, parliamentary constituencies
Rural Town and Fringe
Lincoln
Redcar
St Helens North
Broxbourne
Thurrock
Highest
36.0
34.8
34.2
31.5
31.1
Dartford
Grantham and Stamford
Amber Valley
Rossendale and Darwen
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Lowest
6.5
7.4
8.5
8.6
8.6
Highest
17.7
17.0
16.8
15.8
15.7
Kettering
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Clwyd West
North Thanet
Lowest
4.1
4.5
4.6
4.9
4.9
Highest
36.5
36.1
35.9
35.7
34.8
Amber Valley
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Montgomeryshire
Brecon and Radnorshire
Lowest
7.1
7.7
8.4
9.0
9.0
Highest
34.7
33.7
33.5
33.3
33.3
Penistone and Stocksbridge
North Durham
Wirral West
Cities of London and Westminster
North East Derbyshire
Lowest
15.7
15.9
15.9
16.0
16.1
Rural Village and Dispersed
Truro and Falmouth
St Austell and Newquay
Camborne and Redruth
Mole Valley
Maidenhead
Urban City and Town
North East Hampshire
Bristol South
Great Grimsby
Gillingham and Rainham
Aldershot
Urban Conurbation
Surrey Heath
Woking
Richmond Park
Wolverhampton North East
Kingston and Surbiton
Table E shows the availability of Superfast Broadband by constituency. The highest
availability in Scotland, not listed in the top 20 constituencies, is found in Edinburgh South
West (93%, rank 141). Swansea West (95%, rank 88). leads in Wales. The highest
availability in the North East is Darlington (95%, rank 76). All other regions have at least one
constituency in the top 20.
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Table E: Superfast Broadband Availability by Parliamentary Constituency, 2013
Rank
Constituency
Superfast %
Rank
Constituency
Superfast %
1
Eng
Luton North
99.0%
627
Sco
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
0.0%
2
3
4
Eng
Eng
Eng
Wolverhampton North East
Leyton and Wanstead
Edmonton
98.4%
98.2%
98.1%
=
=
=
Wal
Wal
Sco
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Orkney and Shetland
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
5
6
7
Eng
Eng
Eng
Bournemouth East
Nottingham North
Birmingham, Yardley
98.0%
97.9%
97.4%
=
=
626
Sco
Wal
Wal
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Aberconwy
Montgomeryshire
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
8
9
Eng
Eng
Gedling
Sutton and Cheam
97.4%
97.2%
625
624
Wal
Sco
Brecon and Radnorshire
Argyll and Bute
0.1%
3.5%
10
11
12
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eltham
Chingford and Woodford Green
Hove
97.1%
97.1%
97.0%
623
622
621
Wal
Wal
Wal
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Clwyd West
Ceredigion
7.1%
10.5%
11.0%
13
14
15
Eng
Eng
Eng
Birmingham, Perry Barr
Dagenham and Rainham
Gillingham and Rainham
97.0%
96.9%
96.9%
620
619
618
Eng
Eng
Eng
Kingston upon Hull East
Haltemprice and Howden
Beverley and Holderness
12.6%
13.6%
14.4%
16
17
Eng
Eng
Leeds North East
Liverpool, Wavertree
96.9%
96.8%
617
616
Eng
Eng
South Norfolk
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
14.5%
14.7%
18
19
20
Eng
Eng
Eng
Ealing North
Manchester, Withington
Lewisham West and Penge
96.8%
96.8%
96.8%
615
614
613
Eng
Sco
Sco
Brigg and Goole
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
15.6%
16.2%
16.9%
Table F shows the prevalence of slow connections in each constituency, where ‘slow’ is
defined as a connection less than 2 Mb/s. 15 of the 40 Welsh constituencies are in the top
100 by highest percentage of slow connections, while 10 of the 59 Scottish constituencies
are in the top 100.
Table F: Percentage of slow connections (less than 2 Mb/s)
by parliamentary constituency
Lowest % slow connections
Rank
Constituency
Highest % slow connections
% slow
Rank
Constituency
% slow
1
Eng
Bristol West
1.0%
632
Wal
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
19.2%
2
3
4
Sco
Eng
Eng
Edinburgh South
Holborn and St Pancras
Islington North
1.1%
1.2%
1.2%
631
630
629
Wal
Sco
Eng
Ceredigion
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Penrith and The Border
18.5%
18.5%
16.9%
5
6
7
Eng
Eng
Sco
Liverpool, Wavertree
Westminster North
Edinburgh South West
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
628
627
626
Wal
Eng
Wal
Montgomeryshire
North Herefordshire
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
15.8%
15.4%
15.0%
8
9
10
Eng
Eng
Eng
Hampstead and Kilburn
Islington South and Finsbury
Bristol South
1.3%
1.3%
1.3%
625
624
623
Eng
Wal
Sco
Bassetlaw
Preseli Pembrokeshire
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
14.4%
14.2%
14.1%
11
12
13
Eng
Eng
Eng
Liverpool, Riverside
Hornsey and Wood Green
Leicester South
1.3%
1.4%
1.4%
622
621
620
Eng
Wal
Wal
Brigg and Goole
Ogmore
Brecon and Radnorshire
13.8%
13.7%
13.6%
14
15
16
17
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
Reading East
Battersea
Hackney South and Shoreditch
Kingston and Surbiton
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
1.5%
619
618
617
616
Eng
Sco
Wal
Sco
Waveney
Orkney and Shetland
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Midlothian
13.2%
13.1%
12.6%
12.5%
18
19
20
Sco
Eng
Eng
Glasgow Central
Rochford and Southend East
Walthamstow
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
615
614
613
Eng
Eng
Eng
Hereford and South Herefordshire
Workington
North East Bedfordshire
12.5%
12.5%
12.3%
14
The Ofcom data also allows us to see where speeds of superfast broadband are fastest.
Table G shows the constituencies with the highest speeds when only superfast connections
are considered. The top 5 on this measure are all in East Yorkshire, an area which performs
poorly on overall broadband speed measures (the three Hull constituencies rank 439th, 533rd
and 571st on the overall speed measure). This discrepancy results from relatively low
availability and takeup of superfast broadband in these constituencies. The high
performance of constituencies in the Scottish central belt on this measure is also notable.
Table G: Highest fixed broadband speeds
Superfast connections only, by parliamentary constituency
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
6
Constituency
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
Eng
Sco
Eng
Eng
Sco
Sco
Haltemprice and Howden
Kingston upon Hull North
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Kingston upon Hull East
Beverley and Holderness
East Dunbartonshire
Blackpool South
Kensington
Glenrothes
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Speed Mb/s
Rank
79.0
76.2
74.4
73.5
67.3
64.2
63.2
62.9
62.5
62.3
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Constituency
Sco
Sco
Sco
Sco
Sco
Eng
Eng
Eng
Sco
Sco
Livingston
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Glasgow South
Falkirk
Bexleyheath and Crayford
Neath
Gillingham and Rainham
Airdrie and Shotts
West Dunbartonshire
Speed Mb/s
62.0
62.0
61.4
61.2
60.8
60.8
60.8
60.7
60.7
60.7
Appendix A: Detailed Regional Maps of Broadband Speed
The maps on the following pages show detailed regional
maps of fixed broadband speed for a selection of
regions in Great Britain. Data is shown at ward level with
constituency boundaries overlaid. In each case values
are shown relative to the GB average, with green
indicating a speed higher than the average, yellow a
speed in line with the average, and orange & red a
speed below the average. Grey areas represent those
where data cannot be mapped at ward level.
Please contact the Library if you would like further detail
for any part of this map, or an extract for an area which
is not shown.
Map 2 (right) shows broadband speed in Birkenhead
constituency by Lower Super Output Area. The same
shading conventions apply here as outlined above. On
request, the Library can produce an equivalent map for
any constituency in England or Wales.
15
Map 2: Broadband speed in Birkenhead
constituency by lower super output area
Comparison to GB average, green = higher
Greater London and surrounds
South Central
Bristol & South W ales
Midlands
N orth W est
N orth East
Yorkshire & the H umber
Scotland (Central Belt)
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Appendix B: Data Tables by Parliamentary Constituency
Full data tables, and analysis for particular areas, can be provided by the Library on request.
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
30.7
95
82%
320
7%
184
9.4
620
0%
627
9%
135
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen South
17.7
16.6
461
491
75%
61%
384
483
4%
5%
388
338
Airdrie and Shotts
Aldershot
24.9
34.8
304
4
68%
94%
434
110
6%
5%
256
369
Aldridge-Brownhills
24.4
313
88%
246
3%
508
Altrincham and Sale West
28.5
186
86%
267
4%
425
Alyn and Deeside
17.5
467
79%
356
8%
178
Amber Valley
Angus
14.7
15.3
535
522
66%
61%
449
490
6%
7%
241
205
Arfon
17.4
468
70%
426
10%
93
Argyll and Bute
Arundel and South Downs
7.1
14.3
630
544
3%
46%
624
552
11%
7%
43
199
Ashfield
Ashford
31.4
22.6
70
354
93%
70%
125
425
5%
10%
343
70
Ashton-under-Lyne
23.4
338
94%
90
3%
481
Aylesbury
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
24.5
12.9
310
583
72%
49%
407
544
4%
6%
393
281
Banbury
Banff and Buchan
20.7
11.4
403
606
68%
27%
437
595
7%
10%
209
89
Barking
Barnsley Central
27.6
27.4
219
226
95%
90%
87
204
4%
3%
406
503
Barnsley East
20.1
414
65%
465
8%
161
Barrow and Furness
Basildon and Billericay
16.2
25.7
500
287
78%
83%
357
306
7%
4%
193
376
Basingstoke
Bassetlaw
28.4
14.6
190
538
88%
66%
243
453
9%
14%
115
8
Bath
24.3
318
90%
199
4%
435
Batley and Spen
Battersea
19.9
27.7
420
214
85%
92%
277
147
4%
1%
371
618
Beaconsfield
22.6
355
75%
381
5%
366
Beckenham
31.3
74
96%
50
2%
540
Bedford
32.8
28
95%
79
3%
467
Bermondsey and Old Southwark
18.8
441
57%
504
4%
398
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
12.2
594
25%
602
8%
172
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Bethnal Green and Bow
12.6
17.2
585
475
49%
55%
545
514
10%
2%
95
591
Beverley and Holderness
16.0
507
14%
618
7%
194
Bexhill and Battle
14.4
543
56%
511
6%
248
Bexleyheath and Crayford
27.3
227
94%
124
4%
417
Birkenhead
28.1
204
88%
240
3%
528
Birmingham, Edgbaston
30.5
105
94%
93
3%
520
Birmingham, Erdington
29.8
131
94%
109
5%
323
Birmingham, Hall Green
Birmingham, Hodge Hill
28.9
27.1
171
232
97%
96%
24
27
2%
5%
587
340
Birmingham, Ladywood
22.7
353
73%
404
2%
602
Birmingham, Northfield
31.0
85
94%
95
3%
491
Birmingham, Perry Barr
30.4
108
97%
13
3%
458
Birmingham, Selly Oak
31.1
80
96%
46
2%
579
Aberavon
Aberconwy
Speed
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Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Birmingham, Yardley
31.3
75
97%
7
2%
574
Bishop Auckland
14.3
546
58%
502
9%
118
Blackburn
23.6
332
88%
234
4%
394
Blackley and Broughton
21.8
378
88%
241
7%
207
Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Blackpool South
22.2
27.2
366
228
89%
84%
210
297
4%
3%
447
509
Blaenau Gwent
Blaydon
15.7
18.7
515
444
85%
54%
290
523
5%
5%
310
354
Blyth Valley
15.7
514
85%
287
6%
263
Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
18.3
452
87%
255
5%
352
Bolsover
Bolton North East
16.9
28.4
480
192
60%
92%
494
157
8%
4%
165
374
Bolton South East
Bolton West
25.9
28.1
282
205
94%
92%
112
150
4%
3%
427
501
Bootle
Boston and Skegness
32.3
13.8
34
557
96%
50%
45
540
3%
9%
490
122
Bosworth
22.8
351
66%
447
7%
211
Bournemouth East
Bournemouth West
31.6
29.1
64
163
98%
93%
5
138
2%
3%
557
513
Bracknell
Bradford East
28.6
26.7
183
249
91%
89%
193
220
7%
2%
182
569
Bradford South
Bradford West
26.8
26.3
242
263
92%
89%
154
219
4%
3%
416
453
Braintree
17.2
474
58%
503
10%
91
9.2
621
0%
625
14%
13
Brent Central
22.2
367
89%
218
4%
379
Brent North
27.1
233
95%
70
3%
495
Brentford and Isleworth
Brentwood and Ongar
31.1
17.4
79
470
93%
64%
126
470
2%
9%
578
103
Bridgend
16.7
483
80%
344
8%
147
Bridgwater and West Somerset
Brigg and Goole
12.3
11.7
589
600
42%
16%
565
615
10%
14%
85
11
Brighton, Kemptown
Brighton, Pavilion
30.5
33.2
102
20
94%
95%
116
73
3%
2%
449
554
Bristol East
Bristol North West
33.6
33.7
10
9
95%
95%
71
78
2%
3%
568
496
Bristol South
Bristol West
36.1
32.9
1
26
96%
89%
29
222
1%
1%
623
632
Broadland
11.7
601
36%
580
12%
33
Bromley and Chislehurst
30.2
110
94%
117
2%
555
Bromsgrove
19.9
421
78%
363
8%
177
Broxbourne
32.1
45
94%
88
6%
261
Broxtowe
29.8
129
88%
225
4%
419
Buckingham
13.1
577
32%
590
11%
39
Burnley
26.7
247
88%
238
5%
317
Burton
Bury North
14.9
19.8
532
424
70%
86%
424
260
12%
5%
23
336
Bury South
Bury St. Edmunds
25.3
16.4
297
495
91%
61%
176
488
4%
9%
413
109
Caerphilly
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
16.6
9.1
489
622
73%
0%
398
627
8%
11%
136
38
Calder Valley
Camberwell and Peckham
17.5
23.9
465
322
50%
88%
542
226
6%
3%
230
500
Camborne and Redruth
Cambridge
17.2
33.0
478
24
78%
92%
366
159
8%
3%
164
522
Brecon and Radnorshire
25
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Cannock Chase
19.7
426
84%
298
4%
414
Canterbury
15.7
513
66%
456
7%
215
Cardiff Central
31.8
56
88%
230
6%
288
Cardiff North
29.0
168
95%
85
5%
342
Cardiff South and Penarth
Cardiff West
29.6
31.1
138
81
89%
91%
213
180
6%
3%
253
505
Carlisle
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
14.1
7.0
551
631
75%
0%
382
627
11%
19%
36
1
7.5
629
0%
627
15%
7
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Carshalton and Wallington
32.2
42
96%
38
3%
489
Castle Point
Central Ayrshire
24.4
13.4
315
567
91%
63%
169
474
4%
7%
443
224
Central Devon
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
11.3
18.0
608
457
24%
54%
605
521
11%
10%
53
78
Ceredigion
Charnwood
7.5
23.9
628
323
11%
81%
621
339
18%
6%
2
267
Chatham and Aylesford
33.5
12
91%
172
5%
362
Cheadle
Chelmsford
30.7
29.1
96
162
95%
94%
72
92
2%
4%
607
385
Chelsea and Fulham
Cheltenham
25.1
30.8
301
90
86%
90%
272
194
2%
6%
592
301
Chesham and Amersham
Chesterfield
26.3
19.1
259
436
82%
80%
328
346
4%
7%
411
210
Chichester
16.0
508
65%
464
10%
Chingford and Woodford Green
30.0
119
97%
11
2%
73
595
Chippenham
20.0
416
67%
440
5%
361
Chipping Barnet
21.5
385
87%
252
4%
377
Chorley
Christchurch
23.7
19.5
331
428
67%
82%
442
326
8%
7%
153
226
Cities of London and Westminster
16.0
510
31%
591
2%
549
City of Chester
City of Durham
17.8
17.5
460
464
81%
74%
336
391
7%
9%
219
101
Clacton
Cleethorpes
16.2
28.9
503
172
71%
78%
419
365
8%
5%
138
367
Clwyd South
Clwyd West
12.1
10.8
596
613
27%
11%
596
622
10%
11%
86
47
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Colchester
26.2
31.0
268
84
80%
91%
343
190
8%
5%
162
345
Colne Valley
22.3
364
74%
394
7%
185
Congleton
18.3
454
78%
368
6%
280
Copeland
9.8
619
27%
597
12%
25
Corby
22.4
359
67%
445
7%
197
Coventry North East
28.3
194
95%
76
4%
436
Coventry North West
26.4
257
92%
156
3%
465
Coventry South
21.3
391
82%
321
3%
504
Crawley
Crewe and Nantwich
33.2
18.8
21
439
93%
85%
134
288
5%
9%
326
130
Croydon Central
Croydon North
30.0
27.7
120
213
96%
91%
54
167
2%
2%
542
604
Croydon South
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
30.4
27.1
109
236
93%
78%
128
364
3%
10%
456
76
Cynon Valley
Dagenham and Rainham
14.6
28.9
537
174
78%
97%
362
14
10%
4%
94
390
Darlington
Dartford
31.5
21.4
65
387
95%
77%
75
370
6%
6%
279
265
26
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Daventry
14.6
536
51%
536
11%
37
Delyn
13.1
576
52%
530
11%
40
Denton and Reddish
29.4
149
96%
51
4%
403
Derby North
30.0
118
95%
82
3%
466
Derby South
Derbyshire Dales
30.2
10.7
114
614
92%
25%
155
601
3%
11%
532
55
Devizes
Dewsbury
16.7
20.4
484
410
45%
71%
555
413
7%
7%
183
188
Don Valley
18.3
455
66%
452
9%
132
Doncaster Central
25.6
291
86%
263
3%
455
Doncaster North
Dover
20.6
20.7
406
405
77%
71%
372
415
6%
8%
229
173
Dudley North
Dudley South
28.0
29.0
208
166
90%
93%
196
131
4%
3%
409
506
Dulwich and West Norwood
Dumfries and Galloway
28.4
12.3
191
590
95%
32%
59
588
2%
9%
593
120
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
10.5
616
16%
614
9%
100
Dundee East
Dundee West
30.8
33.1
92
22
86%
89%
268
221
3%
2%
471
561
Dunfermline and West Fife
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
16.1
12.2
505
592
68%
38%
435
578
9%
13%
126
16
Ealing Central and Acton
Ealing North
30.2
27.1
112
235
94%
97%
121
18
2%
4%
605
395
Ealing, Southall
21.6
384
92%
160
16.7
486
86%
273
4%
10%
444
Easington
East Devon
14.8
533
50%
539
10%
East Dunbartonshire
31.4
69
82%
316
2%
84
559
East Ham
East Hampshire
18.6
18.3
448
453
94%
51%
103
532
6%
5%
291
368
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
26.0
276
79%
351
10%
90
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
14.0
28.6
554
182
45%
80%
556
342
5%
3%
341
514
East Surrey
East Worthing and Shoreham
25.9
32.3
284
39
82%
96%
318
37
5%
2%
370
590
East Yorkshire
Eastbourne
15.1
18.9
525
438
42%
89%
563
216
8%
6%
141
283
Eastleigh
Eddisbury
25.5
12.8
292
584
86%
38%
271
577
3%
10%
451
65
Edinburgh East
29.1
161
87%
256
2%
584
Edinburgh North and Leith
29.0
170
81%
332
2%
575
Edinburgh South
31.8
55
92%
146
1%
631
Edinburgh South West
33.6
11
93%
141
1%
626
Edinburgh West
29.0
167
78%
359
3%
473
Edmonton
30.1
116
98%
4
2%
577
Ellesmere Port and Neston
25.5
294
82%
317
6%
296
Elmet and Rothwell
Eltham
17.4
29.3
471
152
62%
97%
479
10
9%
3%
102
536
Enfield North
Enfield, Southgate
31.6
32.1
63
49
96%
97%
41
21
4%
2%
431
537
Epping Forest
Epsom and Ewell
28.2
30.6
200
99
89%
95%
207
63
6%
2%
276
547
Erewash
Erith and Thamesmead
27.7
23.2
216
340
90%
92%
195
143
3%
4%
469
392
Esher and Walton
Exeter
31.6
28.1
62
203
93%
93%
132
129
3%
4%
497
408
27
92
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Falkirk
30.4
107
83%
307
4%
415
Fareham
30.7
93
91%
179
4%
375
Faversham and Mid Kent
22.1
374
67%
446
11%
45
Feltham and Heston
29.9
126
96%
49
5%
357
Filton and Bradley Stoke
Finchley and Golders Green
28.8
26.0
176
273
82%
94%
327
119
6%
2%
233
586
Folkestone and Hythe
Forest of Dean
20.2
11.3
413
609
68%
30%
433
593
7%
10%
218
77
Fylde
18.8
443
72%
410
6%
262
Gainsborough
15.5
519
44%
558
10%
75
Garston and Halewood
Gateshead
25.3
31.2
296
77
85%
90%
289
205
4%
2%
437
544
Gedling
Gillingham and Rainham
32.8
35.7
30
3
97%
97%
8
15
2%
3%
570
487
Glasgow Central
Glasgow East
20.9
21.3
398
388
55%
66%
515
448
1%
6%
615
282
Glasgow North
28.4
193
87%
250
2%
597
Glasgow North East
Glasgow North West
25.4
25.2
295
299
75%
79%
383
355
4%
2%
373
567
Glasgow South
Glasgow South West
26.4
14.8
258
534
76%
62%
375
477
2%
10%
543
68
Glenrothes
Gloucester
29.5
33.1
147
23
77%
92%
371
151
4%
5%
426
320
Gordon
12.1
597
24%
604
8%
137
Gosport
31.1
82
95%
61
5%
356
Gower
20.4
409
72%
411
7%
214
Grantham and Stamford
20.9
397
67%
444
7%
203
Gravesham
Great Grimsby
25.9
35.9
281
2
78%
94%
367
115
5%
2%
324
598
Great Yarmouth
24.5
309
86%
270
4%
383
Greenwich and Woolwich
Guildford
26.3
31.8
265
59
84%
89%
293
215
2%
6%
585
292
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Hackney South and Shoreditch
28.2
25.2
201
300
93%
86%
130
274
2%
1%
611
617
Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Halifax
28.2
22.1
202
370
92%
73%
164
402
3%
6%
526
243
Haltemprice and Howden
Halton
13.5
26.0
564
274
14%
88%
619
228
4%
8%
391
151
Hammersmith
23.7
330
87%
254
2%
600
Hampstead and Kilburn
31.2
78
96%
55
1%
625
Harborough
23.1
344
73%
397
4%
428
Harlow
31.8
57
91%
174
6%
234
Harrogate and Knaresborough
28.5
185
90%
197
3%
494
Harrow East
27.5
220
96%
30
3%
479
Harrow West
28.5
188
95%
69
3%
534
Hartlepool
Harwich and North Essex
32.6
13.4
32
568
91%
38%
186
576
9%
12%
127
32
Hastings and Rye
Havant
16.9
32.9
481
25
77%
96%
369
40
9%
3%
123
493
Hayes and Harlington
Hazel Grove
28.0
32.0
206
51
93%
95%
137
62
3%
3%
511
523
Hemel Hempstead
Hemsworth
29.8
16.0
133
509
88%
73%
227
401
7%
12%
228
26
Hendon
Henley
24.4
15.5
314
518
92%
36%
158
581
2%
9%
563
107
28
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Hereford and South Herefordshire
15.6
516
62%
478
12%
18
Hertford and Stortford
29.9
128
86%
258
4%
433
Hertsmere
30.5
100
95%
86
3%
492
Hexham
13.8
559
40%
571
10%
82
Heywood and Middleton
High Peak
26.3
16.0
262
511
92%
54%
144
522
5%
8%
353
174
Hitchin and Harpenden
Holborn and St. Pancras
29.5
29.5
148
142
83%
90%
302
200
6%
1%
271
630
Hornchurch and Upminster
29.7
134
96%
26
3%
527
Hornsey and Wood Green
32.3
35
95%
58
1%
621
Horsham
Houghton and Sunderland South
19.3
22.1
431
371
72%
91%
408
175
8%
6%
175
255
Hove
Huddersfield
33.3
28.7
19
179
97%
89%
12
209
2%
8%
580
156
Huntingdon
Hyndburn
27.5
23.6
223
333
83%
91%
303
192
6%
6%
257
235
Ilford North
29.9
125
96%
52
3%
518
Ilford South
Inverclyde
28.6
30.9
180
88
96%
72%
53
406
2%
3%
609
486
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Ipswich
13.2
31.3
573
72
46%
94%
554
105
9%
3%
106
478
Isle of Wight
Islington North
16.6
30.2
487
113
63%
93%
476
140
5%
1%
306
629
Islington South and Finsbury
26.9
238
81%
331
1%
624
Islwyn
13.3
571
57%
506
9%
113
Jarrow
28.9
173
91%
188
6%
270
Keighley
24.4
317
82%
319
4%
399
Kenilworth and Southam
Kensington
21.0
26.3
396
266
63%
90%
471
201
10%
2%
66
538
Kettering
26.7
246
81%
335
5%
307
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Kingston and Surbiton
13.4
33.3
565
18
59%
96%
496
33
10%
1%
57
616
Kingston upon Hull East
Kingston upon Hull North
11.5
16.3
604
498
13%
25%
620
603
4%
3%
439
533
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Kingswood
13.9
32.9
556
27
15%
96%
616
28
2%
3%
571
498
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Knowsley
25.0
27.1
303
234
70%
85%
422
291
3%
7%
460
204
Lanark and Hamilton East
21.8
377
61%
486
7%
216
Lancaster and Fleetwood
17.2
477
68%
432
4%
381
Leeds Central
22.9
347
75%
386
6%
259
Leeds East
29.8
130
96%
42
2%
551
Leeds North East
30.1
115
97%
16
4%
378
Leeds North West
26.6
251
85%
282
3%
482
Leeds West
30.5
101
97%
23
3%
454
Leicester East
Leicester South
26.5
30.9
255
89
92%
91%
148
177
4%
1%
418
620
Leicester West
Leigh
32.1
29.5
47
141
94%
94%
102
99
3%
7%
462
202
Lewes
Lewisham East
16.6
28.3
488
198
61%
96%
485
44
5%
2%
312
573
Lewisham West and Penge
Lewisham, Deptford
27.6
22.5
217
357
97%
87%
20
257
2%
2%
594
546
Leyton and Wanstead
Lichfield
30.9
23.5
87
335
98%
75%
3
387
2%
5%
596
360
29
Rank
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Lincoln
33.9
7
95%
81
5%
311
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
23.5
337
64%
468
4%
423
Liverpool, Riverside
24.6
308
72%
412
1%
622
Liverpool, Walton
30.6
97
92%
142
3%
521
Liverpool, Wavertree
Liverpool, West Derby
30.7
28.6
94
184
97%
91%
17
185
1%
8%
628
167
Livingston
Llanelli
26.0
12.3
280
588
75%
47%
389
550
6%
10%
300
63
Loughborough
28.3
196
84%
294
4%
446
Louth and Horncastle
12.9
580
19%
612
11%
52
Ludlow
Luton North
11.3
32.2
610
41
25%
99%
600
1
10%
6%
58
273
Luton South
Macclesfield
31.5
26.9
67
241
94%
79%
111
350
5%
5%
302
349
Maidenhead
Maidstone and The Weald
26.1
25.0
271
302
83%
79%
311
352
6%
5%
244
365
Makerfield
28.6
181
91%
178
3%
476
Maldon
Manchester Central
15.3
17.5
521
466
47%
69%
548
428
9%
2%
128
566
Manchester, Gorton
Manchester, Withington
22.9
30.6
350
98
94%
97%
98
19
5%
2%
329
606
Mansfield
Meon Valley
29.1
25.6
160
289
92%
73%
162
400
4%
7%
420
223
Meriden
29.1
164
85%
281
625
20%
611
4%
12%
386
8.4
Mid Bedfordshire
23.0
346
62%
482
9%
114
Mid Derbyshire
23.5
334
71%
414
8%
176
Mid Dorset and North Poole
Mid Norfolk
23.2
12.9
339
582
79%
43%
349
560
5%
11%
332
46
Mid Sussex
20.0
418
78%
361
4%
445
Mid Worcestershire
Middlesbrough
14.2
32.1
549
44
49%
93%
546
136
10%
3%
97
507
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Midlothian
30.4
13.3
106
569
86%
56%
265
513
4%
13%
404
17
Milton Keynes North
Milton Keynes South
20.0
23.0
415
345
80%
88%
347
235
9%
9%
105
112
Mitcham and Morden
Mole Valley
29.5
22.9
139
348
95%
81%
68
340
3%
6%
525
239
Monmouth
12.2
593
33%
586
11%
50
7.7
627
0%
626
16%
5
Moray
11.2
611
34%
583
9%
129
Morecambe and Lunesdale
14.1
553
58%
499
5%
309
Morley and Outwood
20.8
399
81%
338
8%
140
Motherwell and Wishaw
29.9
127
89%
214
3%
472
5.3
632
0%
627
18%
3
Neath
New Forest East
20.5
19.3
408
432
42%
66%
562
451
6%
7%
287
212
New Forest West
Newark
16.2
22.4
501
362
61%
55%
491
517
6%
10%
289
74
Newbury
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
20.8
26.5
401
253
61%
82%
487
330
7%
2%
227
610
Newcastle upon Tyne East
Newcastle upon Tyne North
28.9
21.0
175
395
85%
86%
278
264
2%
6%
558
252
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newport East
24.0
26.0
320
278
78%
80%
358
341
6%
4%
278
422
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Montgomeryshire
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
30
24
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Constituency
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Newport West
27.6
218
91%
184
7%
221
Newton Abbot
19.2
435
65%
459
6%
275
Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
21.7
382
85%
284
5%
308
North Ayrshire and Arran
13.2
574
47%
549
5%
327
North Cornwall
North Devon
17.1
13.2
479
572
63%
43%
475
561
10%
10%
83
59
North Dorset
North Durham
13.4
16.0
566
506
39%
73%
574
403
11%
6%
41
249
North East Bedfordshire
22.0
375
56%
510
12%
20
North East Cambridgeshire
18.3
451
65%
460
5%
355
North East Derbyshire
North East Fife
13.2
11.8
575
599
51%
21%
534
608
10%
6%
87
250
North East Hampshire
North East Hertfordshire
28.0
25.9
207
285
71%
65%
418
458
5%
5%
339
325
North East Somerset
North Herefordshire
19.3
9.8
430
618
56%
21%
512
609
8%
15%
155
6
North Norfolk
11.5
603
25%
599
10%
69
North Shropshire
North Somerset
13.6
21.6
562
383
42%
66%
567
450
12%
5%
28
334
North Swindon
North Thanet
26.3
15.4
260
520
73%
66%
399
455
5%
7%
364
217
North Tyneside
North Warwickshire
22.5
20.0
358
417
79%
69%
354
429
4%
8%
421
154
North West Cambridgeshire
21.3
390
63%
472
10%
71
North West Durham
13.7
560
49%
543
10%
80
North West Hampshire
22.4
360
65%
466
5%
316
North West Leicestershire
26.0
275
74%
392
6%
240
North West Norfolk
North Wiltshire
13.3
13.6
570
561
46%
38%
553
579
9%
10%
124
99
Northampton North
29.9
124
95%
57
2%
553
Northampton South
Norwich North
29.0
27.7
169
215
91%
96%
181
36
3%
4%
535
430
Norwich South
Nottingham East
29.6
32.4
136
33
94%
94%
100
106
2%
1%
562
612
Nottingham North
Nottingham South
32.3
30.2
38
98%
85%
6
111
280
3%
3%
480
459
Nuneaton
Ochil and South Perthshire
29.2
12.3
156
591
91%
34%
183
585
6%
11%
274
49
Ogmore
14.2
548
69%
427
14%
12
Old Bexley and Sidcup
24.5
311
93%
139
6%
237
Oldham East and Saddleworth
26.9
239
91%
182
7%
198
Oldham West and Royton
29.9
122
96%
32
6%
247
8.0
626
0%
627
13%
15
Orpington
28.8
177
92%
145
4%
432
Oxford East
31.6
61
95%
74
3%
510
Oxford West and Abingdon
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
27.8
25.7
210
288
87%
66%
253
457
4%
5%
396
318
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Pendle
29.5
21.4
146
386
78%
74%
360
395
3%
4%
463
429
Penistone and Stocksbridge
Penrith and The Border
14.3
10.6
545
615
56%
23%
507
607
10%
17%
62
4
Perth and North Perthshire
Peterborough
22.9
29.4
349
150
58%
89%
501
217
6%
5%
272
359
Plymouth, Moor View
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
32.3
33.3
36
16
95%
94%
77
96
6%
2%
269
581
Orkney and Shetland
31
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Pontypridd
20.2
412
81%
334
6%
245
Poole
29.2
159
94%
108
3%
484
Poplar and Limehouse
18.8
440
60%
493
4%
407
Portsmouth North
34.6
5
97%
22
3%
519
Portsmouth South
Preseli Pembrokeshire
33.5
8.6
14
623
95%
7%
60
623
3%
14%
502
9
Preston
Pudsey
28.8
26.3
178
261
93%
90%
133
203
2%
3%
548
468
Putney
24.0
321
82%
329
3%
517
Rayleigh and Wickford
21.3
389
83%
313
4%
412
Reading East
Reading West
31.8
29.1
58
165
94%
91%
107
187
1%
4%
619
389
Redcar
Redditch
31.3
29.3
73
155
93%
84%
127
295
5%
5%
305
337
Reigate
Rhondda
27.5
12.2
221
595
86%
53%
275
526
4%
10%
434
88
Ribble Valley
18.6
447
57%
505
7%
190
Richmond (Yorks)
Richmond Park
16.3
33.5
496
13
62%
94%
481
123
10%
2%
96
550
Rochdale
Rochester and Strood
22.7
26.2
352
267
94%
75%
122
385
7%
6%
192
242
Rochford and Southend East
Romford
31.7
29.9
60
123
91%
95%
168
65
1%
5%
614
304
Romsey and Southampton North
19.8
425
64%
469
8.5
624
17%
613
8%
14%
168
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Rossendale and Darwen
19.7
427
66%
454
9%
108
Rother Valley
16.7
485
65%
461
9%
121
Rotherham
Rugby
24.3
25.8
319
286
90%
82%
202
322
6%
8%
294
157
Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
29.7
135
96%
48
3%
477
Runnymede and Weybridge
Rushcliffe
29.2
26.8
157
244
92%
76%
165
377
4%
6%
402
299
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Rutland and Melton
27.5
19.8
222
422
84%
55%
292
519
5%
9%
348
131
Saffron Walden
Salford and Eccles
15.5
27.8
517
211
39%
83%
573
305
10%
2%
582
Salisbury
Scarborough and Whitby
21.7
18.4
381
450
59%
76%
497
374
7%
6%
180
295
Scunthorpe
31.2
76
88%
232
10%
60
Sedgefield
16.5
493
51%
535
7%
200
Sefton Central
27.1
230
92%
149
4%
400
Selby and Ainsty
15.1
528
55%
518
10%
64
Sevenoaks
17.6
462
52%
531
7%
213
Sheffield Central
22.4
361
72%
409
5%
351
Sheffield South East
17.3
472
71%
417
8%
144
Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
Sheffield, Hallam
24.7
20.0
306
419
86%
83%
259
309
10%
8%
61
148
Sheffield, Heeley
Sherwood
23.8
25.2
329
298
87%
65%
251
463
4%
6%
401
285
Shipley
Shrewsbury and Atcham
25.5
15.1
293
526
86%
62%
266
480
4%
9%
372
104
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
Skipton and Ripon
23.8
14.1
326
552
75%
50%
380
538
6%
9%
251
119
Sleaford and North Hykeham
Slough
17.6
26.3
463
264
48%
94%
547
91
11%
8%
35
139
32
10
67
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Solihull
31.9
52
96%
39
3%
524
Somerton and Frome
14.5
539
26%
598
10%
81
South Basildon and East Thurrock
29.3
151
88%
245
6%
236
South Cambridgeshire
22.1
372
60%
492
12%
29
South Derbyshire
South Dorset
16.3
15.2
497
524
61%
44%
484
557
12%
6%
30
290
South East Cambridgeshire
South East Cornwall
20.7
21.2
404
394
59%
68%
498
431
7%
9%
179
125
South Holland and The Deepings
14.4
542
55%
516
7%
196
South Leicestershire
19.0
437
71%
420
9%
133
South Norfolk
South Northamptonshire
10.4
18.1
617
456
14%
56%
617
509
10%
12%
56
34
South Ribble
South Shields
23.8
31.3
327
71
79%
89%
353
223
7%
5%
181
331
South Staffordshire
South Suffolk
15.0
15.2
531
523
58%
50%
500
541
12%
11%
21
42
South Swindon
29.6
137
87%
249
3%
470
South Thanet
South West Bedfordshire
18.0
27.8
458
212
85%
84%
276
301
5%
3%
322
515
South West Devon
South West Hertfordshire
23.5
27.9
336
209
75%
84%
388
300
5%
5%
313
328
South West Norfolk
South West Surrey
12.9
22.1
581
369
39%
76%
572
373
12%
6%
277
South West Wiltshire
23.2
343
65%
462
6%
238
Southampton, Itchen
26.6
252
91%
166
4%
438
Southampton, Test
29.8
132
94%
94
2%
589
Southend West
26.5
254
94%
113
2%
539
Southport
Spelthorne
21.3
26.7
392
250
88%
96%
247
31
2%
4%
564
387
St. Albans
30.5
103
91%
191
4%
405
St. Austell and Newquay
St. Helens North
19.3
28.2
433
199
80%
84%
348
299
6%
7%
284
186
St. Helens South and Whiston
St. Ives
27.4
16.7
225
482
83%
68%
315
436
5%
8%
321
150
Stafford
Staffordshire Moorlands
27.2
18.6
229
446
83%
67%
308
438
9%
8%
134
143
Stalybridge and Hyde
Stevenage
18.8
33.3
442
17
83%
88%
310
233
4%
4%
440
424
Stirling
14.5
541
52%
529
8%
169
Stockport
32.1
46
96%
47
2%
603
Stockton North
32.1
48
86%
262
8%
159
Stockton South
32.1
50
88%
231
4%
384
Stoke-on-Trent Central
29.5
143
94%
104
3%
450
Stoke-on-Trent North
26.7
248
92%
153
5%
363
Stoke-on-Trent South
20.8
400
89%
212
6%
231
Stone
Stourbridge
14.2
29.9
547
121
35%
96%
582
43
8%
2%
166
545
Stratford-on-Avon
Streatham
17.2
24.6
476
307
51%
88%
533
229
7%
2%
187
599
Stretford and Urmston
Stroud
28.3
13.8
197
558
91%
42%
171
564
3%
8%
499
145
Suffolk Coastal
Sunderland Central
17.4
23.9
469
324
54%
89%
520
208
8%
5%
152
319
Surrey Heath
Sutton and Cheam
34.3
32.2
6
43
93%
97%
135
9
5%
2%
347
583
33
31
Constituency
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
Sutton Coldfield
28.5
187
95%
67
3%
488
Swansea East
31.8
54
94%
101
5%
314
Swansea West
31.5
66
95%
84
3%
529
Tamworth
26.8
243
89%
224
7%
191
Tatton
Taunton Deane
22.1
16.1
368
504
71%
72%
416
405
6%
8%
286
149
Telford
Tewkesbury
29.5
23.2
140
341
85%
70%
279
421
2%
10%
552
72
The Cotswolds
11.4
607
23%
606
11%
51
The Wrekin
27.1
231
83%
314
5%
335
Thirsk and Malton
Thornbury and Yate
17.2
26.1
473
272
60%
74%
495
396
11%
7%
54
189
Thurrock
Tiverton and Honiton
29.5
11.8
145
598
92%
29%
152
594
3%
9%
483
116
Tonbridge and Malling
Tooting
21.9
26.0
376
279
63%
92%
473
161
8%
3%
163
475
Torbay
22.1
373
84%
296
2%
541
Torfaen
Torridge and West Devon
17.8
11.6
459
602
54%
32%
525
589
10%
12%
79
27
Totnes
Tottenham
14.1
30.1
550
117
42%
95%
566
56
8%
2%
146
572
Truro and Falmouth
Tunbridge Wells
19.4
22.4
429
363
75%
67%
379
439
7%
5%
225
344
Twickenham
32.2
118
2%
588
29.2
40
158
94%
Tynemouth
88%
236
6%
260
Uxbridge and South Ruislip
30.8
91
95%
66
5%
315
Vale of Clwyd
15.0
529
47%
551
6%
297
Vale of Glamorgan
Vauxhall
23.8
26.4
325
256
75%
92%
378
163
7%
2%
195
601
Wakefield
21.7
380
85%
286
7%
220
Wallasey
Walsall North
23.2
28.4
342
189
86%
94%
261
114
5%
4%
303
397
Walsall South
Walthamstow
26.2
30.5
269
104
88%
96%
244
34
4%
1%
441
613
Wansbeck
Wantage
16.5
21.7
492
379
82%
64%
324
467
10%
5%
330
Warley
Warrington North
21.2
26.9
393
240
85%
81%
283
333
4%
9%
410
111
Warrington South
25.9
283
88%
242
5%
346
Warwick and Leamington
29.5
144
91%
189
5%
358
Washington and Sunderland West
29.3
154
91%
170
7%
208
Watford
31.4
68
95%
64
3%
452
Waveney
18.7
445
82%
325
13%
14
Wealden
15.0
530
51%
537
6%
232
Weaver Vale
20.3
411
70%
423
5%
333
Wellingborough
Wells
26.8
13.9
245
555
86%
40%
269
570
4%
7%
382
206
Welwyn Hatfield
Wentworth and Dearne
29.3
16.3
153
499
88%
67%
239
441
6%
6%
293
258
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
West Bromwich East
11.2
26.2
612
270
20%
89%
610
211
8%
3%
142
474
West Bromwich West
West Dorset
25.6
12.5
290
586
81%
32%
337
587
4%
12%
448
22
West Dunbartonshire
West Ham
33.8
22.6
8
356
90%
91%
206
173
2%
3%
556
512
34
98
Constituency
West Lancashire
West Suffolk
West Worcestershire
Westminster North
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Weston-Super-Mare
Wigan
Wimbledon
Winchester
Windsor
Wirral South
Wirral West
Witham
Witney
Woking
Wokingham
Wolverhampton North East
Wolverhampton South East
Wolverhampton South West
Worcester
Workington
Worsley and Eccles South
Worthing West
Wrexham
Wycombe
Wyre and Preston North
Wyre Forest
Wythenshawe and Sale East
Yeovil
Ynys Mon
York Central
York Outer
Average Download Speed
Superfast Availability
Slow Connections
(Mb/s)
(at least 30 Mb/s)
(less than 2 Mb/s)
Speed
Rank
% Available
Rank
% Slow
Rank
15.1
16.6
13.0
20.6
11.4
14.5
28.3
32.8
24.4
24.8
26.0
15.8
16.4
19.8
32.8
27.0
33.4
31.1
31.9
19.3
12.9
30.9
27.5
16.2
22.2
18.4
24.4
32.3
13.6
12.5
23.8
20.7
527
490
578
407
605
540
195
29
312
305
277
512
494
423
31
237
15
83
53
434
579
86
224
502
365
449
316
37
563
587
328
402
56%
53%
41%
67%
34%
54%
87%
95%
74%
80%
90%
41%
44%
61%
94%
76%
98%
95%
96%
88%
53%
94%
96%
69%
83%
74%
82%
94%
38%
31%
85%
83%
508
528
569
443
584
524
248
80
390
345
198
568
559
489
120
376
2
83
25
237
527
89
35
430
304
393
323
97
575
592
285
312
6%
9%
11%
1%
9%
6%
2%
2%
6%
6%
3%
3%
8%
6%
3%
5%
3%
3%
2%
8%
12%
4%
2%
6%
7%
7%
4%
3%
8%
11%
3%
8%
264
110
44
627
117
268
565
576
298
266
461
464
170
246
457
350
531
516
608
158
19
442
560
254
222
201
380
485
171
48
530
160
35