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1017227

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2018
	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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretaries of State for (a) Defence and (b) the Home Department on the implications for UK security of Huawei's involvement in the development of 5G technology.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	197327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>DCMS and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) actively manage the potential risks to the UK telecoms industry, and security is part of the 5G Testbeds and Trials programme. Furthermore, DCMS is leading a cross-government review into the supply chain arrangements for the UK’s telecoms infrastructure. The terms of reference are available here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/telecoms-supply-chain-review-terms-of-reference). The Review will consider the full UK market position, including the resilience and security standards of equipment for 5G.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/12/2018 17:25:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

824464

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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 estimate his Department has made of the proportion of homes receiving broadband speeds of 24mbps or more as of 31 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	123265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>According to Ofcom's recently published 2017 Connected Nations report, 38% of premises have bought superfast connections that receive more than 30Mbps as of May 2017. This is up from 31% in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/01/2018 16:46:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

831155

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2018
	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 22 January 2018 to Question 123265 on Broadband; what estimate his Department has made of the level of access to superfast broadbandby (a) households and (b) businesses in the UK premises as at 31 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	125163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not distinguish between home and business premises. On 31 December 2017, 95% of premises in the UK had access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/01/2018 16:07:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

834230

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	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 assessment his Department has made of adequacy of the coverage of internet speeds required to access the digital economy in (a) 2020 (b) 2025 (c) 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	125863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>My department is working hard to ensure that everyone in Britain has the connectivity they need to be part of our future digital society.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to the vision of a full fibre Britain, the gold standard of broadband that will deliver a step-change in speed, service quality, security and reliability, with capacity for 1 Gigabit per second connections. The Local Full Fibre Network programme will invest £200 million for locally-led projects across the UK to leverage local and commercial investment in full fibre. Also, we are conducting an in-depth Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review to determine how to deliver the competitive conditions to encourage the long term investment needed to secure ubiquitous world-class digital connectivity, that is seamless, reliable, long-lasting and also widely available and affordable to UK businesses and consumers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The BDUK Superfast Programme reached its target of 95% coverage of the UK by the end of 2017, and is continuing to support delivery with at least a further 2% coverage. We are currently investing £1.7 billion of public money in superfast broadband coverage across the UK, offering speeds of over 24 Megabits per second. .</p><p> </p><p>To ensure no one is left behind, in areas where superfast broadband is not available, we are also introducing a broadband Universal Service Obligation so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request high speed broadband of at least 10 Megabits per second. We will keep this under review to make sure that it keeps pace with consumers' evolving needs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/02/2018 16:30:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

837429

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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 assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of uptake of superfast broadband at or above 24mbps where such coverage exists; and what steps his Department is taking to increase such uptake.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	126548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Take-up rates from projects in the Phase 1 Superfast Broadband Programme now average over 40%, significantly higher than the level expected by suppliers at the start of the programme. In BT’s quarterly results to the end of December 2017, they announced that connections to fibre-enabled broadband now total 9.2 million, up by 600,000 within the quarter. As a result of the take-up levels that are now being achieved, BT have estimated that the total gainshare funding to be returned to the projects within the Superfast Broadband Programme will now be £527m. The Department is currently reviewing these data and other evidence to consider options for increasing superfast broadband uptake.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2018 17:52:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

837430

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the average amount paid annually by UK households for broadband connectivity since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	126549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Average household spend on broadband services, per annum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£133.8</p></td><td><p>£139.08</p></td><td><p>£143.16</p></td><td><p>£148.08</p></td><td><p>£162.36</p></td><td><p>£181.32</p></td><td><p>£202.8</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Average household spend on communications services as a % of total spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Ofcom Communications Market Report 2017</p><p>Available at <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/105074/cmr-2017-uk.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/105074/cmr-2017-uk.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2018 17:53:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

855625

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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: Coventry
	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 his Department has made of the number of homes which have been connected to superfast broadband in Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	130932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>According to Thinkbroadband, over 95.7% of premises in Coventry now have access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately 136,461 premises in Coventry currently have access to superfast broadband.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2018 11:57:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

855624

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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: Coventry South
	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 his Department has made of the number of homes which have been connected to superfast broadband in Coventry South constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	130931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>According to Thinkbroadband, in Coventry South constituency over 91.44% of premises now have access to superfast broadband. This is up from 38% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately 42,658 premises in Coventry South can now access superfast broadband out of a total of 45,500.</p><p><br> From 2020 we are also introducing a broadband Universal Service Obligation so everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request high-speed broadband.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2018 16:34:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

855620

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2018
	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: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of homes are connected to superfast broadband in the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	130927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>According to Thinkbroadband, over 96.42% of premises in the West Midlands now have access to superfast broadband. This is up from 65% in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>There are approximately 2.5 million premises in the West Midlands region, of which 2.41 million have access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2018 11:58:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

828069

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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	Channel Four Television: Location
	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 Coventry City Council on the potential relocation of Channel 4 outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	124029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>We received a number of submissions to the Channel 4 regional consultation from individuals and local authorities across the UK. No decisions have been taken. The government is working with Channel 4 on how it can best increase its regional impact, and we will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 123791 question first answered 25/01/2018 14:55:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham