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1138238

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	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	NHS: Amazon
	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 he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in advance of the decision to use of Amazon Alexa in the NHS; and what assessment he has made on the implications for data and privacy of the use of that product.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	275709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. Ministers have not discussed this specific agreement. It is up to each department to make sure they are complying with our data protection legislation. The greater the sensitivity of the data, the greater the care that needs to be taken. For example, all organisations need to ensure there is a lawful basis for processing the data, design new systems with data protection principles in mind and consult the Information Commissioner where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this agreement, no patient data held by NHS bodies is being shared with Amazon. The agreement is clear that Amazon will not share information with third parties, nor is it going to sell products, make product recommendations or build a health profile on users.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/07/2019 13:42:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1137540

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Broadband: South Northamptonshire
	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 (a) ensure that all households in South Northamptonshire constituency have access to super-fast broadband at speeds greater than 24 Mbps and (b) accelerate the roll-out of ultrafast broadband at speeds greater than 100 Mbps in that constituency.
	tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
	tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
	uin	274529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Superfast programme met its original objective of delivering at least 24Mbps broadband to 95% of the population in December 2017, and is now pushing beyond 96% with an ambition to reach at least 97% coverage by March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>According to ThinkBroadband, Superfast Coverage (&gt;24mbps) in South Northamptonshire in December 2017 was 91.8%, it is now 95.69%. Superfast programme take-up in Northamptonshire (County Council area) was 46.11% in December 2017, and 58.96% in Mar 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The government has invested heavily in Northamptonshire, with over £9million of central government funding allocated and local bodies’ have also contributed over £11million to the project. Delivery is managed by Superfast Northamptonshire, our local delivery partner.</p><p> </p><p>Last July, the Government published its Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, which set out the Government’s strategy for ensuring that 15 million premises are connected to faster than ultrafast, gigabit capable broadband networks by 2025 with nationwide coverage by 2033. This includes an ‘outside-in’ approach through which the Government will support the deployment of gigabit capable broadband to the least commercial 10% of UK premises, at the same time that the market is deploying to more commercial areas. The first step in this approach is the £200 million Rural Gigabit Connectivity programme, which launched in May 2019, and will connect local hubs in rural areas to gigabit capable broadband, as well as providing gigabit vouchers to small businesses and residents.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/07/2019 13:18:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1137571

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Huawei: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 272302 on Huawei: 5G, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) UK operators and (b) significant commercial networks in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	274635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>There are two major fixed line providers and four major mobile providers providing the majority of the public network.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/07/2019 17:53:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1137601

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	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, what progress the Government has made on the roll out of superfast broadband to rural areas; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	274451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The Superfast programme met its original objective of delivering at least 24Mbps broadband to 95% of the population in December 2017, and is now pushing beyond 96% with an ambition to reach at least 97% coverage by March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) programme launched in May 2019 and will run until the end of March 2021. £200 million has been allocated to the Programme, from the National Productivity Investment Fund.</p><p> </p><p>This is the first step of our “Outside In” approach, as outlined in the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review (FTIR), to ensure that no areas are systematically left behind when it comes to the deployment of gigabit capable broadband. The FTIR estimated that around 10% of premises in the UK would need some sort of additional funding to get this connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>The RGC Programme will trial a model connecting local hubs in rural areas to gigabit capable broadband, starting with primary schools. The RGC programme also has a rural gigabit broadband voucher component, offering up to £3,500 for small businesses and up to £1,500 for residents. This will be offered to encourage greater take-up of gigabit-capable connectivity to residents and businesses in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, and not specifically Superfast Broadband, I can confirm that the Local Full Fibre Networks programme is currently working with Tyne Combined Authority on a £12m bid that will deliver full fibre connectivity in Northumberland to 313 sites, improving the addressable full fibre coverage and associated productivity gains for homes and businesses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/07/2019 13:15:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1137606

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Cybersecurity
	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 8 July 2019 to Question 272248, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) businesses employing 250 or more people and (b) SMEs that are registered for the cyber security information sharing partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	274636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) does not hold membership figures by size of organisations on cyber-security information sharing partnership (CiSP). NCSC can report that over 20 sectors are represented on CiSP which includes SME’s and organisations of various sizes.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/07/2019 13:19:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1137219

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	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	Mobile Phones: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 mobile phone network operators on improving coverage across Yorkshire and the Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	273781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have meet Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) regularly to discuss a range of issues, including network coverage.</p><p>The Government wants the UK to have high-quality mobile coverage where people live, work and travel. We are committed to extending geographic mobile coverage to 95% of the UK, as well as providing an uninterrupted mobile signal on all major roads, which should lead to coverage improvements across Yorkshire and the Humber.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/07/2019 13:17:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

1136518

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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	Huawei: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of the uptake of Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice and guidance on the risk management of operators.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	272941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Communications Act 2003 requires operators to take appropriate measures to manage security risks to their networks and services. The Government expects operators to take appropriate account of the advice and guidance issued by The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) including that in relation to the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/07/2019 11:28:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1136715

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Overtime
	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 amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in his Department in the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	272749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The department has made no assessment of the amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in the last 24 months, and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS has a commitment to ensure that employees maintain a healthy work-life balance, and that the working hours of our staff are compliant with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998. All employees have the opportunity to request to work flexi hours, meaning that (with line manager agreement) they can vary the time of their arrival and departure, and that they can take time off for extra hours worked.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/07/2019 11:04:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1136262

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
	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 preparations his Department is making for the UK leaving the EU without an agreement; and how much funding has been allocated to those preparations.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	272113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>As a responsible Government, we’ve been preparing to minimise any disruption in the event of no deal for nearly three years. We are putting in place a range of mitigations, which include assessing and reducing the risk of disruption to personal data flows to and from the UK in the event of a no deal through legislation, public and private sector communications and preparations for adequacy decisions from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as £412m over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (Autumn Statement 2016); £286m of additional funding for 2017/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017/18); over £1.5 billion for 2018/19 (Supplementary Estimates 2018/19); and over £2 billion for 2019/20 (Main Estimates 2019/20).</p><p> </p><p>This funding is to cover all exit scenarios and is in addition to departmental efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU. Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit work, given the significant overlap in plans in many cases.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/07/2019 14:41:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1136272

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	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	Cybersecurity
	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 his Department has targets for the number of (a) organisations and (b) people registered for the cyber security information sharing partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	272248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) runs the cyber security information sharing partnership (CiSP).</p><p> </p><p>The CiSP platform has both private and public organisations registered, with over 20 sectors represented. There are over 5,000 organisations and over 11,300 individual members with an active CiSP account as at 1st July 2019. In the past 12 months there have been over 4,000 content pieces published on the CiSP platform, including blogs, alerts and advisories.</p><p> </p><p>The NCSC does not have a set target to meet in terms of registering organisations and individual members. Registration is voluntary.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 272249 question first answered 08/07/2019 11:26:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt