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833692

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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
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 his Department has taken to ensure that funding for superfast broadband solutions have public support.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	125451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Publicly-funded superfast broadband projects under the Superfast Broadband Programme are subject to a competitive procurement process which is managed by the lead local authority. The successful supplier is selected by the local authority by determining which one has provided the most economically advantageous tender, using evaluation criteria which include cost and service quality parameters. The quality parameters can include consideration of the range of retail internet service providers who will offer retail services over the network. Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) in DCMS provides assurance that the selected supplier’s solution meets EU state aid requirements and that there is no over-compensation of the supplier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/02/2018 13:34:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

833735

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Borders: Personal Records
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 he plans to submit an application to the EU Commission for a determination of the adequacy of UK data protection arrangements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	125494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>On 24 August, the Government published a future partnership paper on how to ensure the continued protection and exchange of personal data between the EU and the UK, in light of the UK's withdrawal from, and new partnership with, the EU. The Government believes it would be in the interests of both the UK and the EU to agree early to mutually recognise each other’s’ data protection frameworks, as the basis for the continued free flow of data between the EU and the UK from the point of exit until such time as new and more permanent arrangements come​ ​into​ ​force. As negotiations on the nature of our future data and trade relationship have not begun, it would be inappropriate to speculate in any detail as to what arrangements we will seek to put in place.</p><p> </p><p>Our objective remains to ensure continued data flows between the EU and countries outside the EEA once the UK leaves the EU. In doing so we will be considering all the available options that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2018 09:47:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

833741

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Local Broadcasting: Television
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 assessment he has made of the commercial value of local television.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>Local TV is a relatively new market that has enhanced UK television with quality local news and programming, adding value to the broadcasting industry and increasing plurality in UK news provision. Currently there are 34 local television services on air in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom reported 1732 hours of first-run local programming broadcast by local TV services in 2015, of which 734 hours were first-run local news and current affairs programmes. This equates to just over 33 hours per week of first-run local programming and around 14 hours per week of first-run local news and current affairs.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, reported revenue sources for the sector included advertising (56% of total revenue), BBC funding (30%), Non-commercial income (6%), and other commercial revenue (8%).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2018 09:50:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

833742

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Radio Frequencies: EU Action
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 UK will be able to participate in the EU’s spectrum policy framework after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The European Electronic Communications Framework is currently subject to re-negotiation by Member States of the EU, renamed the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC). Spectrum management forms a part of this legislation. The UK, as a current member of the EU, is taking a full part in this re-negotiation. We anticipate that the EECC will be adopted by the EU prior to the UK leaving the EU. The Government’s white paper “Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union” says that: “In order to achieve a stable and smooth transition, the Government’s overall approach is to convert the body of existing EU law into domestic law, after which Parliament (and, where appropriate, the devolved legislatures) will be able to decide which elements of that law to keep, amend or repeal once we have left the EU. This ensures that, as a general rule, the same rules and laws will apply after we leave the EU as they did before.”</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2018 09:52:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

833743

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Mobile Phones: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential effects on consumers of the UK exiting the EU’s Wholesale Roaming Market.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing the best deal for British consumers on UK exit from the EU. Two operators have committed publicly to continue surcharge-free roaming in the EU on UK exit. All mobile operators are in a competitive market. By the day of Exit, UK consumers will have had surcharge-free roaming in the EU and EEA for over two years. This will drive consumer expectation and behaviour. However, the future of the UK's roaming arrangements is inherently a cross-border issue, and is therefore subject to negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2018 09:54:38 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

833744

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Ofcom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 Dec 2017 to Question 120368, on how many occasions the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has written to the chief executive of Ofcom since Ofcom was established.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>As set out in our answer to PQ 120368, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport will rightly have cause to write to Ofcom in the general course of business, and successive Secretaries of State have done so on a range of matters in the 15 years since Ofcom was established. It would not be practicable to itemize every piece of correspondence during that period.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2018 09:56:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

833845

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry
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 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport single departmental plan, published on 29 January 2018, how many civil servants in his Department are working on considering how to take forward actions relating to the Leveson Inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	125603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The total number of civil servants working on taking forward actions relating to the Leveson Inquiry varies from time to time, with policy and legal teams working flexibly to deliver government priorities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2018 09:44:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

833848

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Business: ICT
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 her Department is taking to support (a) tech start up businesses and (b) the tech sector.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	125606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting the booming UK tech sector. The UK is already a world-leading digital economy with the sector contributing over £116Bn per year in gross value added and is growing twice as fast as the wider economy. Our ground-breaking digital strategy, published in March, set out how we intend to make the UK the best place to start and grow a digital business, and we are already delivering on those aims.<br><br>In November, our industrial strategy included commitments to boost spending on the infrastructure of the future, spreading 5G digital connectivity right across the country, raising investment in research and development, and improving skills by investing in maths, digital and technical education - all of which will support the continued success of the tech sector.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget, we also announced a further investment of £21 million to expand Tech City UK into a nationwide network – Tech Nation – aimed at accelerating the growth of the digital tech sector across the country. Tech Nation will support 40,000 entrepreneurs and up to 4,000 start-ups as they scale their businesses. Tech Nation will build on the success of its London and Northern clusters, delivering support for digital tech businesses in 11 cities across the UK. This will develop new regional clusters to boost burgeoning tech firms in cities such as Belfast, Cardiff and Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget also announced a doubling of the Enterprise Investment Scheme for knowledge intensive companies - including in the tech sector - and announced a 10-year action plan to unlock over £20 billion to finance growth in innovative firms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2018 10:00:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

833849

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Media: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2108 to Question 123266, on Mass Media: Regulation, how much has been spent from existing departmental budgets on consulting on section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	125607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The costs of consulting on s40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry have all been met from within existing departmental budgets.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2018 09:46:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

833851

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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: Bexley
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 has taken to facilitate access to superfast broadband for people who live in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley Borough.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	125609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>According to data from Thinkbroadband (www.thinkbroadband.com) the current superfast broadband coverage (speeds of more than 24Mbps) in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency is 96% and in the London Borough of Bexley it is 96.6%. The Government expects superfast broadband coverage within London to be provided by the private sector and there is therefore no government-funded superfast project. Providers including BT Openreach, Virgin Media and Hyperoptic all have current or planned network coverage within Bexley.</p><p> </p><p>During 2017 DCMS worked with a number of London Boroughs, including Bexley, to ensure proportionate mechanisms are in place to enable access to the highways by broadband providers for network deployment.</p><p> </p><p>For any premises not covered by superfast broadband, as confirmed in our announcement in December 2017, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request 10 Megabit per second broadband.</p><p> </p><p>In September we launched Wave 1 of the Local Full Fibre Network programme in 6 locations across the UK, and used expressions of interest gathered in this period to shape a Challenge Fund Wave 2, which was launched on 22nd November 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Challenge Fund was available in open competition for local bodies from across all regions to bid into on a competitive basis to fund full fibre connections and upgrades to public sector assets and amenities. Bidding for the Challenge Fund closed on 26th January 2018 and we are currently assessing applications with successful bids being announced in March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/02/2018 17:08:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett