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1037241

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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	Gambling: Internet
	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 assessment he has made of the extent of problem online gambling in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	205802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The report on gambling behaviour in Great Britain in 2016, based on the combined Health Surveys, found that the rate of problem gambling for those who participated in any online gambling or betting being 3.5%. The full report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/Statistics-and-research/Levels-of-participation-and-problem-gambling/Levels-of-problem-gambling-in-England.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news-action-and-statistics/Statistics-and-research/Levels-of-participation-and-problem-gambling/Levels-of-problem-gambling-in-England.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The government published the Review of Gambling Machines and Social Responsibility Measures in May last year. This set out measures to increase player protections around online gambling. In line with this, the Gambling Commission has consulted on requiring operators to complete age and identity verification before consumers are able to deposit money and gamble and will publish a response early this year.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor this area and look closely at any evidence.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 10/01/2019 15:05:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1019859

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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
	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 steps he is taking to prevent broadband providers that deliver their service over hybrid fibre and copper networks describing that service as superfast fibre broadband.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	198722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The 2017 Digital Strategy set out that Government would work with regulators and industry to ensure that the advertising of broadband reflects the speeds that consumers can expect to receive and accurately describes the technology used.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Digital Strategy was published, the ASA has implemented new guidance, which states that speed claims should be based on the download speeds available to at least 50% of customers at peak time, and no longer on 'up to' speeds available to at least 10% of customers. Ofcom has also updated its Code of Practice on Broadband Speeds.</p><p> </p><p>The ASA also reviewed the use of the term ‘fibre’ to describe part-fibre and full-fibre broadband and concluded in November 2017 that the term 'fibre' is unlikely to mislead consumers as currently used in the advertising of part-fibre broadband services. In June, the Administrative Court granted CityFibre permission to proceed with its Judicial Review (JR) of the ASA's decision. The next stage is for the Administrative Court to make a substantive decision on the JR.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to working with regulators and industry to ensure that consumers receive clear, concise and accurate information in order to make informed choices about their broadband, particularly as the rollout of new technologies like full fibre broadband increases.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 198802 198803 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:17:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1019860

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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
	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 oral contribution of 15 November 2018 of the Minister of State for Digital and the Creative Industries, Official Report, column 545, whether his Department’s forthcoming Statement of Strategic Priorities to Ofcom will include measures to deter broadband providers that deliver their service over hybrid fibre and copper networks from describing that service as superfast fibre broadband.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	198723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>We are currently developing our Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP) and will consult on it in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 198804 question first answered 10/12/2018 17:24:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

994594

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2018
	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	Voluntary Work: Young People
	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 proportion of national citizen service graduates have stated that they would like to continue social action after completing the programme in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	183833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the percentage of participants who said they are ‘more likely to help out in my local area’ after NCS, as part of annual independent evaluations which are available on the NCS Trust’s website (2017 results are not yet published):</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Summer</p></td><td><p>Autumn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>72%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the NCS Trust estimates that participants have dedicated over 12 million hours to social action projects during phases 3 and 4 of the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 30/10/2018 17:07:03 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

994188

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	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	Voluntary Work: Young People
	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 estimate he has made of the number of young people taking part in the National Citizen Service programme in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	183223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The department sets the NCS Trust’s participation targets each spring for the following financial year, based on the NCS Trust’s estimate of demand. We will consider future participation levels as part of our work on the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 29/10/2018 12:02:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

988894

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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
	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 13 September 2018 to Question 172405 on Broadband, when he plans to discuss with BT and Ofcom how transparency measures might be introduced.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	180084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Discussions with Openreach and Ofcom about greater transparency of build plans have started and are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/10/2018 12:14:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

982634

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	5G
	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 plans he has for the planning system to support deployment of 5G mobile services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	175830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>We will continue to work with the mobile sector to understand where the current planning regime could further support the deployment of digital infrastructure, including 5G.</p><p> </p><p>We are in discussions with the industry regarding further reforms that could support deployment of 5G mobile services which warrant changes to planning. If a clear case for change can be made, we will work swiftly to consider the proposals and consult more widely on appropriate reforms.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/10/2018 15:03:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

982636

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Mobile Phones: Aerials
	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 make it his policy to reform the Electronic Communications Code to (a) grant mobile network operators greater right of access to mast sites and (b) encourage mast site sharing.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	175831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Electronic Communications Code (ECC) has already been recently reformed as part of the Digital Economy Act 2017 to make it easier and cheaper for operators to deploy communications infrastructure. The new Code became law on 28 December 2017. My Department will continue to work with stakeholders, including representatives from industry, landowners, representative bodies and Ofcom, to inform the implementation of the new Code.</p><p> </p><p>We will monitor developments carefully and, as outlined in the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, will consider a formal review of the impact of the ECC reforms in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/10/2018 15:05:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

982638

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Mobile Phones: Aerials
	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 comparative assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the maximum permissible height of mobile masts in the UK and other European countries.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	175832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>All proposals for new mobile phone masts require planning permission, either through nationally set permitted development rights or through a planning application to the local planning authority.</p><p> </p><p>In England mobile phone operators are able to install new ground-based masts of up to 25 metres in non-protected areas, and up to 20 metres in protected areas, under permitted development rights. For higher ground based masts a full application for planning permission will be required.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/10/2018 15:07:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

971443

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	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
	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 plans he has to require (a) Openreach and (b) other providers to publish their (i) plans and (ii) funding commitments for the roll-out of a full-fibre broadband network.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	172405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The government's Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, published in July 2018, set out that greater transparency of build plans, particularly those of Openreach, might have a positive impact on the commercial rollout of a full-fibre broadband network, and committed the government, as first step, to discussing with BT and Ofcom how such transparency measures might be introduced.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/09/2018 15:12:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms