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457078

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Social Media: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with social media firms on countering radicalisation.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
	uin	29511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Extremist and terrorist organisations, notably social media sites, are exploiting the internet to disseminate propaganda and recruit individuals to their groups or to support their aims. Some vulnerable individuals, including young people are being misled by this damaging propaganda.</p><p>We are working closely with responsible internet and social media companies to take robust action against terrorist and extremist material and safeguard users. Since 2010 over 140,000 pieces of terrorist-related material have been removed by industry from various online platforms at the request of the dedicated police Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU). Approximately 58,000 removals were made in 2015 alone.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/03/2016 14:03:43 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

446576

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Athletics: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the second report on the IAAF of the Independent Commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency, published on 15 January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
	uin	903155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The findings of the report are disturbing. The government is committed to tackling corruption in sport and we will continue working with UK Anti-Doping and sport stakeholders to ensure that our athletes can compete in a clean sport environment.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 21/01/2016 12:22:13 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

450340

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	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 Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) small businesses, (b) large corporations and (c) Government departments and agencies reported breaches of cyber security in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
	uin	25789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>This information can be found in the 2015 Information Security Breaches Survey [<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/information-security-breaches-survey-2015" target="_blank">Link</a>]. The Government’s National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) aims to tackle cyber crime and make the UK the safest place in the world to do business in the world. This includes the Cyber Essentials Scheme to protect businesses against common cyber threats and the cyber streetwise campaign which offers simple cyber security advice to small businesses and consumers. In addition to the £860 million investment under the NCSP between 2011-2016, in November 2015 the Chancellor announced a new five year £1.9 billion investment in cyber security to make the UK one of the best protected countries in cyber space.</p><p>All Government departments must adhere to the Government’s Security Policy Framework and are required to report, manage and recover from information risk incidents, including losses of protected personal data and ICT security incidents.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2016 17:43:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

450341

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	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 Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and (b) other businesses have signed up to the Cyber Essentials Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
	uin	25790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>At the end of January 2016, 1,674 Cyber essentials and Cyber essentials Plus certificates have been issued, of which 80% were awarded to micro, small and medium-sized businesses.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2016 10:51:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

451719

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help small and medium-sized enterprises protect themselves against cyber-attack.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
	uin	26549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) aims to tackle cyber crime and make the UK the safest place in the world to do business in the world. This includes the Cyber Essentials Scheme to protect businesses against common cyber threats and the cyber streetwise campaign which offers simple cyber security advice to small businesses and consumers. In addition to the £860 million investment under the NCSP between 2011-2016, in November 2015 the Chancellor announced a new five year £1.9 billion investment in cyber security to make the UK one of the best protected countries in cyber space.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/02/2016 16:12:36 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

456970

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has a communication's strategy to tackle violent extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
	uin	29472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Counter-Extremism Strategy, published in October last year, set out government's response to the threat posed by extremism. As part of that response, the Department is supporting the Home Office led communications strategy. This includes work with broadcasters and technology companies to counter extremist ideologies, and to disrupt those sharing extremist content in the media and online.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/03/2016 11:07:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

731375

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	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 Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of community broadband schemes in England about the roll-out of superfast broadband services.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>DCMS has worked with a number of local communities to progress community broadband schemes and, as a result, information and guidance for communities has been developed and published on the Department’s website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-led-broadband-schemes. This also includes case studies such as Broadband for the Rural North (B4RN) (https://b4rn.org.uk/) and other examples.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/06/2017 11:49:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

731429

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Mobile Broadband: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of mobile telephone operators on 3G and 4G coverage in rural areas in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>My department has regular meetings with mobile network operators at both ministerial and official level to discuss a range of issues, including improving mobile coverage in rural areas across the UK including Scotland. Furthermore, as a result of the Government's landmark agreement with mobile operators each mobile operator will deliver mobile coverage to 90% of the UK's landmass by the end of this year. Additionally O2 will deliver indoor 4G coverage to 95% of premises in Scotland, also by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/06/2017 11:47:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

750080

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	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
	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 her Department has had with BT and Openreach on the location of unlit fibre and ducting laid across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	3751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers regularly discuss a wide range of issues with BT and Openreach.</p><p> </p><p>Openreach has introduced an online mapping tool, which provides other telecoms providers with the locations of its poles and underground ducts, although the tool was introduced in the context of PIA (its duct and pole access remedy).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/07/2017 15:19:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

750081

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	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 her Department has had with BT and Openreach on pilot projects to utilise fibre laid above ground via existing utility poles, especially in rural areas of Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	3752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers regularly discuss a wide range of issues with BT and Openreach.</p><p>The use of utility infrastructure to deploy telecommunications fibre has been made easier by the Communications (Access to Infrastructure) Regulations 2016, which transposed the EU Broadband Cost Reduction Directive to UK law. This ensures that digital communications providers can access other providers’ physical infrastructure, across a range of sectors, on fair and reasonable terms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/07/2017 15:20:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr