To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its commitment to a strategy for pervasive and affordable broadband coverage, what levels of rateable value are ascribed to telecommunications cables in the primary control of network operators other than BT and what comparative information it has on the values ascribed to equivalent cables controlled by the same operators in England. The following is a summary of the current total rateable values for the major operators other than BT: Cable & Wireless (Mercury) £3.15 million THUS £2.7 million Telewest (includes cable TV) £4.3 million NTL (includes cable TV) £2.5 million Information on rateable values of network operators in England is not held centrally.