Lord Carter of Barnes’ departure from the government is confirmed, as the final Digital Britain report prepares for publication.

The confusion of the Lord Carters will end this summer, as the government has confirmed the summer departure of Lord Stephen Carter as communications minister – leaving Lord Patrick Carter as the sole active Lord Carter in the government. Carter’s decision to leave the post, which he’s held for the past 18 months, was announced ahead of the publication of Digital Britain [1], due Tuesday.

Carter previously held the chief post at regulator, Ofcom until 2006, before becoming a strategy adviser at Number 10 in 2008. Speculation in The Times [2] suggests his next move could be to struggling commercial broadcaster, ITV.

The Digital Britain report, Carter’s swan-song at the Department of Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), outlines a strategy that includes the future of public service broadcasting and the rollout of 2 Mb broadband speeds across the vast majority of the UK.

ITzone looked [3] at the proposals earlier in 2009, when the interim Digital Britain report was published.