Public Expenditure: Scotland
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Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the (a) 30-300MHz, (b) 300-3000MHz and (c) 3-30GHz bands of the radio spectrum is in the operation of the private sector.
Officials have consulted Ofcom who hold such information. Ofcom advise that they do not hold such information for bands below 87.5MHz (as frequencies above this are considered to be the most important and usable), but have provided information for bands from 87.5MHz-30GHz.
The table provides an overview of the proportion of total weighted spectrum accessed for market uses by band.
Lower frequency | Upper frequency | Spectrum authorised for Market uses as a % of total weighted spectrum |
87.5 MHz | 328.6 MHz | 47% |
328.6 MHz | 3.1 GHz | 73% |
3.1 GHz | 30 GHz | 80% |
The Public Sector Spectrum Release Programme aims to release 500MHz of sub-5GHz spectrum from public sector use by 2020. The most recent Programme update can be found on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spectrum-strategy