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869526

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	4G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the proportion of premises which do not have access to 4G coverage from at least one provider.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	134040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold any information on the proportion of premises which do not have access to 4G coverage from at least one mobile network operator. Coverage information is reported by Ofcom, the independent regulator, who have not published such a figure. They have, however, reported that 99% of UK premises have indoor data coverage (3G or 4G) from at least one mobile operator and 85% from all four operators.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/03/2018 16:39:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

869266

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the development of artificial intelligence.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	904536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Artificial Intelligence is already starting to transform the way we live and work. We are ensuring that the UK is an excellent place for AI development, with more PhD places, a Fellowship programme and an Industry Council to provide leadership.</p><p> </p><p>Our Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation will ensure we have a governance regime that supports great innovation while at the same time ensuring AI is safe, trusted and works for people.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:06:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

869324

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2017 to Question 120034 on Broadband: Universal Service Obligation, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people living in rural areas who request a broadband connection from a designated provider under the Universal Service Obligation is only charged up to a reasonable cost threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	133838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the proposed broadband Universal Service Obligation, it will be for industry rather than the consumer to cover the cost of connection up a reasonable cost threshold of £3,400. We also proposed that for premises where the cost of the connection exceeds this threshold, consumers would have the option of paying the excess costs in order to get connected.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We set out the full details of our proposals in our consultation on the design of the Universal Service Obligation (USO) https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/broadband-universal-service-obligation-consultation-on-design.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will shortly be publishing our full response to the consultation and setting the overall design for the USO in secondary legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2018 14:57:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

870179

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cambridge Analytica
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner on Cambridge Analytica.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	904626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have been in regular contact with the Information Commissioner on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 904618 question first answered 28/03/2018 16:03:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

870180

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cambridge Analytica
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner on Cambridge Analytica.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
	tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
	uin	904618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have been in regular contact with the Information Commissioner on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 904626 question first answered 28/03/2018 16:03:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

869265

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of protection afforded to citizens' data rights in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	904535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>This government's manifesto made a commitment that people should be given new rights to ensure they are in control of their own data. The new data protection regime will enhance UK citizens’ data rights.</p><p> </p><p>In an age where an ever increasing amount of data is being processed our Data Protection Bill will empower people to take control of their data.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:04:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

869499

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: SCL Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of his Department's agencies entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	134013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We have held no such contracts. Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/04/2018 12:34:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

869357

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US administration on the role of (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) Strategic Communications Laboratories, (c) Global Science Research and (d) Aleksandr Kogan in obtaining personal data from Facebook.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	133871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We have not had any such discussions.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/04/2018 12:37:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

869362

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place minutes and notes of any meetings held between his Department and representatives of Facebook on the potential security breach of UK citizens’ data in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	133876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish minutes of private meetings to encourage full and frank dialogue within the meetings.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/04/2018 09:17:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

869469

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions officials in his Department had with Baroness Fields on Facebook's data collection practices when (a) she was appointed Minister for Internet Safety and Security in 2015 and (b) she was appointed Special Representative on Internet Crime and Harms in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	133983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular discussions with their colleagues across government to discuss a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/03/2018 16:42:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah