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714052

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Data Protection: EU Law
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 she has made of the potential effect of the UK's data retention regime on securing a data adequacy agreement with the EU after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	69142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The General Data Protection Regulation will apply to EU member states from 25 May 2018. We expect still to be in the EU at that point, and so the General Data Protection Regulation will apply in the UK from then.</p><p> </p><p>As part of plans for the UK’s exit from the EU, the Government will be seeking to ensure that data flows between the UK and the EU are uninterrupted, and will be considering all the available options during exit negotiations that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 69189 69190 question first answered 30/03/2017 12:15:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

714069

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Data Protection: EU Law
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 the Government has made of the implications of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 for the UK securing a data adequacy agreement with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	69190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The General Data Protection Regulation will apply to EU member states from 25 May 2018. We expect still to be in the EU at that point, and so the General Data Protection Regulation will apply in the UK from then.</p><p> </p><p>As part of plans for the UK’s exit from the EU, the Government will be seeking to ensure that data flows between the UK and the EU are uninterrupted, and will be considering all the available options during exit negotiations that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 69142 69189 question first answered 30/03/2017 12:15:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

714070

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
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	Data Protection: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the UK can apply for an adequacy decision while still being formally a member of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	69189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The General Data Protection Regulation will apply to EU member states from 25 May 2018. We expect still to be in the EU at that point, and so the General Data Protection Regulation will apply in the UK from then.</p><p> </p><p>As part of plans for the UK’s exit from the EU, the Government will be seeking to ensure that data flows between the UK and the EU are uninterrupted, and will be considering all the available options during exit negotiations that will provide legal certainty for businesses and citizens alike.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 69142 69190 question first answered 30/03/2017 12:15:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

713772

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
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 Technology: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2017 to Question 66826, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without core digital skills who will be trained through the additional programme with the Good Things Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	69106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>The Future Digital Inclusion programme run on behalf of Government by the Good Things Foundation has, as of February 2017, trained 699,000 adults since October 2014 in basic digital skills. We expect a further 207,000 people to be trained over the course of the next financial year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/03/2017 12:05:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

713773

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
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	Databases
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 data centre capacity is in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Amanda Milling
uin	69074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Figures from techUK and the UK Council of Data Centre Operators estimate that there are around 500 data centres in the UK[1]. Capacity for these data centres can be measured by ‘power provisioning’, which is the maximum amount of power that the data centre operator has contracted from the supplier and is therefore able to draw upon.</p><p> </p><p>This power is contracted based on the maximum amount that the data centre site could need when it is fully occupied and working at full capacity, with provision built in for a small margin of additional power.</p><p> </p><p>Power provision is instantaneous and it is estimated that the combined UK data centre estate is able to draw upon between 1,500 and 1,700 MW (Most Power Consumed) at any given time, based on analysis provided to the Department for Culture Media &amp; Sport by techUK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/03/2017 12:17:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling

713776

registered interest
date	24/03/2017
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	BT Group: Non-domestic Rates
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 the Government has made of the implications for telecoms rating of the separation of Openreach into a separate company; and whether that separation will enable BT's business rates liability to be assessed in the same way as its competitors.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	69057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>Rateable values are set independently by the Valuation Office Agency. All telecom networks are assessed for business rates in the normal way to the common standard of rateable value.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 29/03/2017 16:51:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

713415

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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: Non-domestic Rates
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 her Department has had with other departments on whether Ofcom's Dark Fibre Access regulatory remedy is affected by the application of business rates on electronic communications providers purchasing Dark Fibre Access from BT Openreach when it becomes available in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	68946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>My Department has regular discussions with other Government Departments on a range of issues impacting on the regulation of the telecoms sector and regularly receives proposals which contribute to policy development, which are considered on their merits as part of this process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 69008 question first answered 28/03/2017 11:11:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

713423

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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	Local 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, how many community radio licences for FM broadcast have been granted by Ofcom in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Amanda Milling
uin	68978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Ofcom have issued 123 licences since 2010, bringing the total number of stations broadcasting around the UK since 2004 to 245, with a further 31 preparing to start. For a breakdown of licences issued since 2010 see as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Licences Awarded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/03/2017 12:16:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling

713425

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what contingency plans the Government has made to ensure that broadband and telecom companies are not left operating under the current regulatory framework in the event that the new European Electronic Communications Code is not transposed into UK law before the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	69005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The department is in consultation with all stakeholders its to understand how leaving the EU will impact them, including the UK telecoms industry. We want our new partnership with the EU to minimise the regulatory and market access barriers for both goods and services.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/03/2017 14:41:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr

713426

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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: EU Law
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 the Government has made of the cost to UK telecoms providers of any divergence between EU and UK electronic communications regulatory regimes after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	Calum Kerr
uin	69006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the EU Electronic Communications Code. No such proposal for divergence has been made.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/03/2017 14:39:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4379 label Biography information for Calum Kerr