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1129228

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the number of antennae required to facilitate the rollout of 5G.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	259317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have regular meetings with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on a range of subjects including the development of 5G networks. MNOs will lead the rollout 5G in the UK and it is for them to to confirm the details of the steps they plan to take to upgrade their network infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is setting the policy and regulatory environment needed to ensure the right conditions for investment in the development of 5G networks. For example through our 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme, and the establishment of new business models and revenue streams which in turn could lead to accelerated private sector investment.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/06/2019 15:12:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1129047

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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: Health Hazards
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 the Government will fund a study on the biological impact of 5G radiation after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	259201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>Ministers have regular meetings with other ministers on a range of subjects. The Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England (their Executive Agency, who offer independent scientific advice) lead on health issues for Government.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) is responsible for advising Government on the public health aspects of exposure to radio waves, including those from mobile phone base stations and other radio transmitters in the environment. Central to this advice is that exposure to radio waves should comply with the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP); who are formally recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 259199 259200 question first answered 06/06/2019 15:10:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1128381

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	World War I: Anniversaries
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 much Heritage Lottery funding has been allocated to First World War commemoration events in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	257495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Lottery Heritage Fund invested £18,429,100 in 863 First World War Centenary projects over the last three financial years. National commemoration events to mark significant events during the First World War were delivered and funded by HM Government.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Projects Awarded</p></td><td><p>Grant Awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>£6,478,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>£8,174,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>£3,776,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/06/2019 15:19:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1128276

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	Museums and Galleries
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 encourage more people to visit museums.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	257538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The world-class collections in our museums help people understand and participate in our culture and heritage, improve wellbeing, and provide learning, education and research. Museums are supported by public funding worth over £800 million annually to support this access. The UK Government remains committed to free entry to the permanent collections of our 15 DCMS- sponsored national museums ,which in total received around 47 million visits in 2017/18 .Additional projects, through Arts Council England (ACE), aim to improve cultural participation for everyone, regardless of their background. For example, ACE funds Creative People and Places which supports participation in places with traditionally lower engagement with culture. The scheme has just announced 79 new places will be eligible to apply for £24 million of funding in 2019 and 2020, to fund projects until 2023/4.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/06/2019 15:22:55 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1129139

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his announcement of 18 May 2019 entitled High streets to benefit from £62 million heritage boost, what steps he will take to ensure that pub companies are not incentivised to close historic pubs to benefit from funding for other redevelopment uses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	259423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the Heritage High Street funding programmes is to help high streets adapt to the challenges they face. To do that, both will be working closely with the communities that those high streets serve so as to better understand the particular needs of each place to ensure interventions are designed to support those needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Historic England led High Street Heritage Action Zone programme will be working closely with local partners in the development of each scheme. This emphasis on local need is reflected in the programme’s Critical Success Factors, which include orking with local businesses and communities, to ensure that local needs, knowledge, insight and narratives drive the local investment programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Architectural Heritage Fund’s Transforming Places through Heritage scheme will support social enterprise organisations to take ownership of and bring buildings of local importance - such as pubs - back into use and secure their place as community assets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 259422 question first answered 06/06/2019 15:14:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1129138

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his announcement of 18 May 2019 entitled High streets to benefit from £62 million heritage boost, if he will take steps to ensure that funding is used to ensure buildings which used to be pubs are re-opened as pubs and not converted to another use.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	259422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The purpose of the Heritage High Street funding programmes is to help high streets adapt to the challenges they face. To do that, both will be working closely with the communities that those high streets serve so as to better understand the particular needs of each place to ensure interventions are designed to support those needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Historic England led High Street Heritage Action Zone programme will be working closely with local partners in the development of each scheme. This emphasis on local need is reflected in the programme’s Critical Success Factors, which include orking with local businesses and communities, to ensure that local needs, knowledge, insight and narratives drive the local investment programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Architectural Heritage Fund’s Transforming Places through Heritage scheme will support social enterprise organisations to take ownership of and bring buildings of local importance - such as pubs - back into use and secure their place as community assets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 259423 question first answered 06/06/2019 15:14:58 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1129000

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
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	Retail Trade: Urban 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, with reference to his announcement on 18 May 2019 of a £62 million fund to support historic high streets, whether the £62 million in funding is in addition to the £675 million Future High Streets Fund announced in Budget 2018.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	259099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The £62 million is part of the £675million Future High Streets Fund. £55 million of the Future High Street Fund was allocated to DCMS for the Heritage High Streets Programme. A further £7 million has been contributed taking the total investment to £62million. An additional £4million has been invested by Historic England to support the High Street Heritage Action Zone scheme along with £3 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a cultural programme as part of the scheme to engage people in the life and history of their high streets.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/06/2019 15:25:07 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers