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1121395

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to help businesses create more highly skilled jobs in (a) Gillingham and Rainham, (b) Medway and (c) Kent.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	244055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has invited all Mayoral Combined Authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in England to develop Local Industrial Strategies. We aim to agree these with all places by early 2020. For Kent, the South East LEP will set out an ambitious long-term vision for the area to increase its productivity, build on its established strengths, and create new opportunities for people and businesses in emerging sectors and industries.</p><p> </p><p>The government know that regions across the UK have different skills needs, so will build on local strengths to deliver opportunities for people wherever they live. One way we will achieve this is through Skills Advisory Panels which bring together local employers and skills providers to pool knowledge on skills and labour market needs and work together to understand and address key local challenges. These Panels will be led by the Local Enterprise Partnership, and will influence Local Industrial Strategy development.</p><p> </p><p>In Kent, and the wider South East LEP area, the government is working in partnership with local business and civic leaders to grow skills and opportunities for workers across the area by:</p><p>- Delivering an increase of 198,900 jobs since 2010 and 31,080 apprenticeship starts last year.</p><p>- Investing £590 million of Growth Deal funding to the South East LEP since 2014. delivering 78,000 jobs, 29,000 homes and attracting a further £960 million extra investment into the South East, including £22 million spent on 29 skills projects.</p><p>- Investing £6.5 million for the Kent and Medway EDGE Hub. .</p><p>- Backing the Innovation Park Medway, within the Kent Enterprise Zone with £4.4 million funding to help attract high quality technology, engineering and manufacturing companies to the area.</p><p>Supporting the Local Enterprise Partnership’s Kent and Medway Growth Hub to help small and medium sized enterprises in the areas access the support they need to grow and thrive.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/04/2019 16:29:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1125062

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of calls made to the police on the non-emergency 101 number are terminated by the caller while they are waiting for a person to answer that call.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	251242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251240 251241 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1121525

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of removing the 15 pence service charge on 101 calls so that non-emergency phone calls to the police are free of charge.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	244012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Calls to 101 cost 15p from a mobile device or landline phones, from anywhere in the country and regardless of duration. Calls are free from payphones.</p><p>The public have always paid to contact the police by telephone for non-emergencies and the 15p charge per call is a transparent rate that fully funds the 101 non-emergency service. Police non-emergency numbers (such as 0845 numbers) which were used before 2011 could cost members of the public up to 40p per minute. While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge.</p><p>The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/04/2019 14:24:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1121526

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
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 there is a requirement for telephone providers to have a 15 pence service charge for calls made to the police on the non-emergency 101 number.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	244013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>There is no obligation on telecom service providers to supply the 101 service free of charge as is the case with 999/112 under the 2003 Communications Act. Calls to 101 cost 15p from a mobile device or landline phones, from anywhere in the country and regardless of duration. Calls are free from payphones. The public have always paid to contact the police by telephone for non-emergencies and the 15p cost of the call goes to the telephony providers to cover the cost of carrying the calls. The police and government receive no money from calls to 101.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/04/2019 15:04:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1125057

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount of charges to people for calls made to the 101 line was in each year since that line has been in operation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	251240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251241 251242 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125058

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make calls to the police on the non-emergency 101 number free of charge or require that all funds raised from those call charges be allocated towards frontline policing.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	251241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251240 251242 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125084

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department receives any money from the 15 pence service charge on calls to the non-emergency police hotline 101.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	251216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>VAT is applied at the standard rate of 20% to all telephone service call charges.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/05/2019 15:48:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1124348

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	101 Calls: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contribution has been to the public purse from levying VAT on the 101 non-emergency police phone line.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	249791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The details that HMRC collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide an estimate of VAT on 101 phone calls.</p><p> </p><p>To minimise the administrative burden on businesses, they are only required to report the total VAT on all their taxable supplies of goods and services in the relevant period. It is therefore not possible to identify the types of supplies on which the VAT was charged.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 08/05/2019 15:26:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1124240

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	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, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the effect of banning Huawei equipment from non-core components of the 5G network on the speed of 5G rollout.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	249977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review in July 2018 set out the Government’s strategy for delivering 5G ambitions. The ambitions on 5G are for the UK to become a world leader in the technology and for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The terms of reference for the Telecoms Supply Chain Review were published on gov.uk on 8 November 2018. The decisions of the Review will be announced in due course and to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 249979 question first answered 08/05/2019 10:22:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1124242

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	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, whether the Government plans to change its 5G roll-out targets in light of the reported decision to limit the use of Huawei equipment in the UK's 5G infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	249979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review in July 2018 set out the Government’s strategy for delivering 5G ambitions. The ambitions on 5G are for the UK to become a world leader in the technology and for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The terms of reference for the Telecoms Supply Chain Review were published on gov.uk on 8 November 2018. The decisions of the Review will be announced in due course and to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 249977 question first answered 08/05/2019 10:22:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest