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576749

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Digital Broadcasting: Radio
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department estimates that digital radio will reach 50 per cent of listeners; and when she plans to publish a timetable for any switchover beyond that date.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	45111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Information on trends in radio listening in the UK is published quarterly by Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR). According to RAJAR, digital radio's share of listening continues to grow steadily and digital radio now accounts for 45.3 per cent (Q2 2016) of all radio listening. Around 59 per cent of adults listen to digital radio services at least weekly. <del class="ministerial">Supported by the growth of new commercial digital services, on current trends the radio industry expects digital's share of listening will overtake analogue by the end of 2017. At that point, Government has said it will need to consider the decision about the timetable for any future switch-off of analogue radio services.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Any decision over a timetable for switchover will be taken in due course.</ins></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/09/2016 12:40:54 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2016 13:06:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 10416 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

576751

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Telecommunications
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 premises are connected to exchange activated telephone exchanges; and if she will make funds available to upgrade such exchanges.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	45195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested in not available. £121.73m has been made available by the UK Government to fund the roll out of superfast broadband in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2016 14:33:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

576752

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides to rural communities to install their own fibre networks when commercial and other Government programmes have been unable to reach their premises.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	45196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Through the Government’s investment of over £780 million, superfast broadband is now available to over 90% of homes and businesses in the UK, compared to 45% in 2010. By the end of 2017 it will be available to 95% of homes and businesses. The Government welcomes initiatives taken by local communities and others to support community fibre broadband projects.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2016 12:12:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

576753

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Video on Demand: Disability
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 review her Department has made of the regulatory framework for the provision of subtitles for on-demand services.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	45197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 the then regulator for video on demand services, the Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD), published its Provision of Video on Demand Access Services Report. The Department analysed the findings of this report, and met with platform operators, content providers and broadcasters to review the provision of such services. The Department has asked broadcasters, content providers and platform operators for a progress update in Spring 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom is the regulator with responsibility for on-demand programme services (ODPS). Ofcom are presently consulting on how to improve access services and ensure that providers see broadcast and ODPS accessibility as equally important.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2016 13:51:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

576754

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Broadband: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the imposition of broadband service cessation fees by providers who are unable to provide customers with adequate service.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	45192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Most major broadband providers have signed up to Ofcom's Residential Broadband Speeds Code of Practice. This requires providers to give new customers, or customers who have changed their service, information on their guaranteed minimum speed. If a customer cannot get this guaranteed access line speed and providers are unable to resolve the problem, the Code states that providers must allow customers to leave their contract without penalty.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/09/2016 12:15:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

576755

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	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 proportion of UK premises has access to ultrafast broadband; and what steps she is taking to increase the number of such properties.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	45194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>There is no agreed definition of ultrafast broadband. According to the independent broadband information website thinkbroadband.com - who define ultrafast as download speeds of more than 100mbps - approximately 50% of UK premises have access to ultrafast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>Virgin Media have announced plans to extend their coverage by up to 4 million premises by 2019 through their Project Lightning roll-out. This roll-out has funding support from the UK Guarantee Scheme which has been put in place the government. BT also plan to make available ultrafast speeds to 10 million premises by 2020. Smaller providers, such as CityFibre, Gigaclear and Hyperoptic, are also investing to provide ultrafast services.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2016 15:04:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

576756

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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 the level of take-up by (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized enterprises has been of the Cyber Essentials programme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	45219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Of the Cyber Essentials certificates issued, around 80% have been to micro, small and medium-sized businesses.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/09/2016 11:43:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

576758

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Nuisance Calls
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 she is taking to reduce the number of nuisance calls.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	45331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my response to PQ 44827, answered on 12<sup>th</sup> September.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2016 11:02:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

576761

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Nuisance Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what further legislative proposals she plans to bring forward to tackle nuisance telephone calls.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	45311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We are taking forward a range of legislative measures to tackle nuisance calls, which will increase consumer protection and choice by strengthening the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) ability to take enforcement action against organisations that break the law. Specific actions include; strengthening the ICO's direct marketing guidance by giving it statutory status; a proposal to extend the ICO’s powers of compulsory audit to more of the organisations that generate nuisance calls; and exploring the options for enabling the ICO to hold company directors to account for breaches of the direct marketing rules.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 44827 question first answered 12/09/2016 11:46:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

576762

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Gambling: Social Media
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 has she made of the effectiveness of regulations on advertising of gambling products on social media.
tabling member constituency	Maidstone and The Weald
tabling member printed	Mrs Helen Grant
uin	45223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that people, particularly the young and vulnerable, are protected from the risk of gambling-related harm. We are keeping the issue of advertising, including via social media, under review to ensure that sufficient protections are in place, and will not hesitate to take further action if necessary.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/09/2016 16:21:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant