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1306974

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Strathconon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 157144 on Emergency Services Network: Strathconon, for what reason the activation of extended area service sites cannot be accelerated on sites where both the passive infrastructure and electricity are already in place.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	178675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>We expect the contract for connecting all 292 EAS masts to the network to be awarded in Autumn 2021. We do need to follow government procurement processes fully in this award and are unable to accelerate this aspect of the process. Each site has to be individually designed, with planning approval granted, built and then integrated into the EE/ESN network. By default, EAS masts are in the most remote and rural areas of the country, situated in difficult terrain and with accessibility issues. After the award of the contract we anticipate that a survey of each site will result in activation timelines varying depending on the work involved. We will then complete the physical work to connect the mast to the network and, separately, activate the mast. Although we cannot give firm dates for the final activation of masts at this stage, we expect this work to commence in 2022 and complete towards the end 2024.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/04/2021 13:03:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1305068

registered interest
date	23/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to establish mechanisms to receive tax return data of Highly Skilled Tier 1 (General) Migrants from HMRC for indefinite leave to remain decisions.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	174144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office and HMRC have an agreed sharing protocol.</p><p>Section 40 of the UK Borders Act 2007 provides a statutory gateway to allow HMRC to share data with the Home Office for immigration and nationality functions as set out in the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/04/2021 10:32:19 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1288745

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Strathconon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 71074, on Emergency Services Network: Strathconon, what steps her Department has taken to look at cases where there may be a particular case for early activation due to community need, as well as potential funding sources to enable that.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>We expect the contract for connecting all 292 EAS masts to the network to be awarded in Autumn 2021. Following the award of this contract the work to deliver the links can take several months before connecting the mast to the network and, separately, activating the mast. Although we cannot give firm dates for the final activation of masts at this stage, we expect this to commence in 2022 and complete towards the end 2024. Unfortunately we are unable to accelerate this.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 16:41:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1288873

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has limited the scope of its partnership with the Scottish Government to deliver sites that were formerly part of the Extended Area Service programme under the Scottish 4G Infill Programme; and what plans her Department has to expand the scope of that partnership.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The EAS sites are principally built to support the emergency services, however where possible HO will collaborate with the Scottish 4G Infill Programme and other government initiatives such as the Shared Rural Network, the scope of this collaboration extends to all 292 EAS masts. There are currently 18 SFT sites where Home Office are utilising as part of a site share. These 18 sites meet the ESN coverage requirements and we continue to assess viability of other sites which meet both HO and Scottish 4G Infill Programme criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 15:14:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1288875

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Argyll and Bute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 71074, on Emergency Services Network: Strathconon, if she will take steps to allocate funding to extended area services sites across Argyll and Bute as soon as possible.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Funding has been allocated to sites across Argyll and Bute, we expect to commence works to activate these sites in 2022 and complete towards the end 2024.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 16:38:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1288878

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out a timetable for the activation of all Emergency Services Network sites.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	157147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The contract for connecting all 292 EAS masts to the network (backhaul link) has not yet been awarded to a supplier. We expect this contract to be awarded in Autumn 2021. Following the award of this contract the work to deliver the links can take several months before connecting the mast to the network and, separately, activating the mast. Although we cannot give firm dates for the final activation of masts at this stage, we expect this to commence in 2022 and complete towards the end 2024.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 16:43:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1288201

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Argyll and Bute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Extended Area Service programme, for what reason only six sites in Argyll and Bute are suitable for use by a commercial 4G service.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	156412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>We have chosen a future-proofed design for all mast structures in Bute and Argyll, meaning that they can be easily upgraded to allow access by the UK’s commercial mobile operators to improve coverage to communities.</p><p>A number of EAS sites are not currently able to support commercial services for technical or financial reasons. The HO is working with DCMS under the SRN programme to provide significant investment in many of these sites to enable 4G coverage to be possible from as many of the EAS sites as possible.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2021 14:42:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1288202

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that Extended Area Service sites are ready for commercial use by mobile networks (a) as quickly as possible and (b) ahead the move from the airwave network to the Emergency Services Network in 2025.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	156413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>We are striving to deliver the EAS component of ESN for emergency services’ use, as quickly as possible. 4G commercial mobile phone coverage will generally be available to EE customers as soon as these masts are activated for ESN. As part of the DCMS Shared Rural Network Programme, these masts will also be made available for commercial mobile customers of other Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) wherever possible.</p><p>The EAS sites have been designed and built primarily to support the delivery of the Emergency Services Network (ESN). The Home Office, working together with DCMS as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme are upgrading as many of the EAS sites as possible to enable all operators provide 4G commercial coverage from those sites.</p><p>EE would be able to provide 4G commercial coverage (alongside ESN) from those sites at the point those sites are fully activated.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2021 14:47:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1288204

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department not supported activation of a commercial 4G service on the majority of built extended area service sites.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	156414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>Wherever possible, we have chosen a future-proofed design for EAS mast structures, meaning that they can be easily upgraded to be part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) which is being delivered by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). SRN is a partnership between Government and industry to deliver on the manifesto commitment of increasing mobile coverage to 95% of the UK landmass by 2026. Through the SRN programme, Government will fund upgrades to the Home Office EAS sites, to enable Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to provide commercial mobile coverage from these sites.</p><p> </p><p>The HO is making as many of the EAS sites available to the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), working with DCMS under the SRN programme. This includes physical upgrades to the sites to enable MNOs place their equipment onto the sites. Activation and timing of the site for 4G commercial services is a responsibility of the individual operators. The role of the HO is to provide physical access to MNOs which it is enabling.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2021 14:51:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1288205

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to extended area service sites that require a backhaul link to the main telecoms communications network to be commissioned but are otherwise ready for use, for what reason her Department has not provided (a) that backhaul link or (b) other maintenance solution that would provide access to the 4G mobile network for residents.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	156415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The contract for connecting all 292 EAS masts to the network (backhaul link) is currently in the process of being awarded to a supplier, we expect this to be completed in Autumn 2021. After the award of this contract, we will complete the physical work to connect the mast to the network and, separately, activate the mast. Contract award for maintenance is currently at the procurement phase, we expect this to be in place when sites are ready for activation.</p><p>The installation of the backhaul link (transmission) takes place once a site has been built. The contract for transmission connections is currently in the process of being awarded to a supplier, we expect this to be completed in Autumn 2021. After the award of this contract, we will complete the physical work to install the transmission and connect the mast to the network and, separately, activate the mast.</p><p>The contract for transmission will include installation and maintenance services and is scheduled to awarded in Autumn 2021 as above.</p><p>The ordering of transmission circuits (over which the 4G services run) remain the responsibility of each commercial operator.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2021 14:34:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara