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917157

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Broadband: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on improving broadband (a) connections and (b) speeds in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	149704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>I am in regular contact with Scottish Ministers on a wide range of issues, including digital connectivity across Scotland. I am also aware that my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has recently corresponded with the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity on the roll-out of broadband. Officials continue to hold regular discussions with their counterparts in the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 12/06/2018 09:14:12 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

900302

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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: Scotland
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 Scottish Government on access to broadband in remote parts of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	905200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>We are keen to support the Scottish Government through its current procurement and continue to provide every assistance to deliver Superfast broadband along with new fibre networks to Scotland. The Secretary of State recently appeared before the Scottish Affairs committee to discuss digital connectivity in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, officials from the department have had regular meetings with their counterparts at the Scottish Government including providing technical advice and guidance to the Scottish Government programme team.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/05/2018 15:19:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

864391

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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: Scotland
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 list the suppliers who are registered with the gigabit broadband voucher scheme in the west of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	132875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The £2m market trial of the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme is currently operating in four areas across the country: Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, Bristol, with Bath and North East Somerset, Coventry and Warwickshire, and West Yorkshire and York. On 15th March 2018 the Chancellor announced our intention to extend this market trial into a national scheme. The £67m national scheme will operate across all areas of the UK, including the west of Scotland, and will be launched by the end of March 2018. The scheme is supplier-led, so all suppliers with qualifying products are invited to register as soon as the national scheme is launched.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 15:07:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

850887

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Broadband: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on improving digital connectivity; and what recent discussions he has had with that Government on improving broadband (a) connections and (b) speeds to new housing developments.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	130105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Scottish Government to discuss a wide range of issues, including connectivity across Scotland. I also have regular discussions with DCMS regarding connectivity issues in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The agreement brokered by DCMS between the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and Openreach offers full fibre broadband to new builds at no cost to the developer when threshold conditions have been met. Virgin and GTC have similar agreements with the HBF. DCMS’s Barrier Busting Task Force are in the process of measuring the impact of these agreements and will report on them once that work is complete.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 07/03/2018 13:00:08 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

850888

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Broadband: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125135, on Housing: Broadband, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s brokered agreement to connect new build developments in Scotland; and what recent representations he has received from (a) Scottish Government Ministers and (b) local authorities on that agreement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	130106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Scottish Government to discuss a wide range of issues, including connectivity across Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The agreement brokered by DCMS between the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and Openreach offers full fibre broadband to new builds at no cost to the developer when conditions of threshold have been met. Virgin and GTC have similar agreements with the HBF. DCMS’s Barrier Busting Task Force are in the process of measuring the impact of these agreements. DCMS meet regularly with representatives from the Scottish Government and Scottish local authorities on a wide range of issues, including connectivity and new build developments.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 05/03/2018 10:38:43 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

808821

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Scotland
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 the Government is taking to deliver broadband connectivity that meets the universal service obligation to (a) the constituency of Angus and (b) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	119930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Delivery of Universal Broadband issued on 20th December.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 120034 question first answered 21/12/2017 16:55:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

795676

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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: Scotland
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 proportion of premises which have access to fibre and superfast broadband as a result of the implementation of the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	116030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The broadband project, supported by UK taxpayer funding and delivered by Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband, had provided superfast broadband coverage to approximately 520,000 premises by the end of September 2017. The Scottish Government has been funded a further £20 Milllion in 2014 to connect more Scottish households, but has failed even to open procurement. Over 7% of Scottish premises still have no access to Superfast broadband.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 06/12/2017 14:21:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

795105

registered interest
date	24/11/2017
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: Scotland
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 premises in Scotland had superfast and fibre broadband service made available to them as a result of the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	115647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The broadband project, supported by UK taxpayer funding and delivered by Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband, had provided Superfast broadband coverage to approximately 520,000 premises by the end of September 2017.</p><p>Over 7% of Scottish premises still have no access to Superfast broadband. The Scottish Government has been funded a further £20 Million in 2014 to connect more Scottish households, but has failed even to open procurement, and is not expecting to have contracts agreed until December 2018. This will be over three years behind Wales, Northern Ireland and most regions of England. The Government will implement the Local Full Fibre Networks programme directly with Local Bodies to ensure more efficient delivery.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 06/12/2017 14:20:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

788439

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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: Scotland
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 she has had with Scottish Government Ministers on the delivery of broadband roll-out between Scotland and England.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	David Duguid
uin	112515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials hold regular discussions with their counterparts from the Scottish Government on a range of issues including the improvement of digital connectivity in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/11/2017 17:49:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4606 label Biography information for David Duguid

786970

registered interest
date	10/11/2017
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: Scotland
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 the Government is taking to provide superfast broadband in (a) rural communities and (b) West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	112255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Over 94 per cent of UK premises have access to superfast broadband and coverage is on track to reach 95 per cent by the end of the year. Superfast broadband coverage will extend beyond that to at least another 2 per cent of premises. For premises not covered by superfast broadband, the government will ensure universal broadband of at least 10Mbps. Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire are participating in the testing of the gigabit voucher scheme as part of the Local Full Fibre Networks Programme and all local bodies in Scotland and the UK will be able to submit bids for further projects under the programme later this year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/11/2017 13:20:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie