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228089

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Ofcom
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 Ofcom decisions were subject to (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful on the merits appeals in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	228051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Government does not hold information relating to how many Ofcom decisions were subject to (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful on the merit appeals. Information relating to appeals of regulatory decisions can be sought directly from Ofcom, who are independent from Government.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 08:32:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

228090

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Ofcom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which Ofcom decisions have been subject to the most appeals in each year since 2003.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	228048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Government does not hold data relating to the number of Ofcom decisions subject to the most appeals. Information relating to appeals of regulatory decisions can be sought directly from Ofcom, who are independent from Government.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 08:28:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

228091

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Ofcom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions each communication provider has asked for an on the merit review of an Ofcom decision in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	228052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong>Government does not hold information relating to the number of requests from communication providers for an on the merit review of Ofcom decisions. Information relating to appeals of regulatory decisions can be sought directly from Ofcom, who are independent from Government.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 08:33:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

228092

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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 Phones
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 introduce arrangements for broadband and landline providers gaining a customer to lead the switching process.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	228049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>We set out our thinking on switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that gaining-provider led (GPL) switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 08:29:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

228093

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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 Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of customers who switched between mobile phone providers in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	228050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>DCMS does not hold this information, however from Ofcom data we understand that there are around 83 million active mobile subscribers in the UK. This figure includes people who have mobile devices that are not telephones - such as tablet and laptop computers - but which use mobile telephone technology and contain SIMs</p><p>Ofcom figures indicate that the percentage of mobile subscribers switching service provider <em>per</em> year since 2010 is as follows:</p><p>9% in 2010</p><p>9% in 2011</p><p>9% in 2012</p><p>11% in 2013</p><p>7% in 2014</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 08:31:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

228094

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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 Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) residential and (b) commercial properties that will be in complete mobile not-spots in the period 2015 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	228152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Data on not-spots is collected by the telecoms regulator Ofcom, and is published on an annual basis in its infrastructure reports. The last report was published in December 2014 and can be found on the Ofcom website here: <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/infrastructure-14.pdf" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/infrastructure-14.pdf</a>. The report does not contain any data or forecasts relating to residential and commercial split.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 16:10:03 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

228095

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the (a) major road network and (b) rail network that will be in complete not-spots in the period 2015 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	228153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. Mobile coverage information is provided by mobile network operators to Ofcom that uses this information to provide an assessment of existing coverage. This is collated and updated annually. Ofcom’s most recent Infrastructure Report was published in December 2014. The report and an interactive map showing coverage of 2G, 3G and 4G services can be found at <a href="http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 16:15:04 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

228096

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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 Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with mobile network operators on complete not-spots in Great Britain not covered by the agreement announced on 18 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	228154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are key partners in delivering the Mobile Infrastructure Project (MIP). Through MIP the Government is investing up to £150m funding to build infrastructure to serve those areas where there is no voice coverage available from any of the four Mobile Network Operators (known as not-spot areas). Government funds the capital expenditure on infrastructure, while the MNOs are responsible for meeting the running costs.</p><p> </p><p>The MNOs are integral to the success of MIP and there is regular engagement with them on tackling not-spots through project delivery meetings and via the project's governance forums. This includes discussion on site occupation and cost sharing.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 16:12:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

228097

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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 Phones
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 his Department has had with mobile network operators on complete not-spots where sites are not eligible for Mobile Infrastructure Project funding.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	228155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/03/2015 13:50:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

228098

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	4G
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 his Department has made of the roll-out of 4G to areas of Great Britain that are complete or partial not-spots since the agreement with the mobile network operators announced on 18 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	228156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The DCMS has not made any specific assessment of 4G roll-out to complete or partial not-spot areas since the agreement was reached with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on 18 December 2014. The coverage obligations that were agreed with MNOs have now been made legally binding by Ofcom through a voluntary licence variation on 2 February 2015. Monitoring and enforcement of licence conditions is a matter for Ofcom.</p><p><br>Ofcom also collects data on the provision of digital infrastructure, including 4G mobile services, and publishes this annually as part of its Infrastructure Report. Data on 4G coverage from the 2014 Infrastructure Report is available on Ofcom’s website:<a href="http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/</a> <br></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 08:27:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering