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998563

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Hampshire
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 his Department's ability to meet the universal service obligation for superfast broadband coverage in Hampshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	907406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Universal Service Obligation was set in secondary legislation in March 2018 and is now being implemented by Ofcom so that by 2020 everyone will have the legal right to high speed broadband of at least 10Mbps. It is designed as a safety-net to ensure no-one is left behind.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of superfast broadband coverage, thanks to £1.7bn investment of public money in the Broadband Delivery UK Superfast programme, 95% of Hampshire now has access to at least 24 Megabits per second.</p><p> </p><p>We also have ambitions for full fibre coverage, which will deliver future-proof broadband connections. We announced £200 million of funding in the Budget to trial a model to deliver full fibre to premises in rural and remote areas. This is the first step of an ‘outside-in’ approach which seeks to ensure rural areas will be connected at the same pace as the rest of the country.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/11/2018 18:01:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

999237

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Signal Blocking Devices
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 he will introduce legislative proposals to make it an offence to (a) own and (b) supply GPS jammers.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	186176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Ofcom is the independent communications regulator responsible to parliament with functions and duties for protecting and managing the radio spectrum. Making jammers available is illegal. Provisions in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2016 also make it illegal to use a jammer, but possession of jammers is not currently illegal.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/11/2018 12:11:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

999262

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Distributed Ledger Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to announce which projects will be run by DLT Field Labs to test the potential of distributed ledger technologies.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	186288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>As was announced at Budget 2018, the Digital Catapult will test the potential of their Field Labs concept, a small experimental trial of Distributed Ledger Technology, working with businesses, investors, and regulators, in a range of areas. We anticipate the first Field Labs will focus on the construction sector and the management of goods in ports.</p><p>The Digital Catapult, while receiving significant long-term funding from the government, is an independent private sector entity. The specific arrangements of the Field Labs, including their participants, focuses, and timing, are therefore a commercial and private decision for the management of the Digital Catapult to take, and we expect it to set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/11/2018 12:04:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

999293

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Television: Disability Aids
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 his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to require TV broadcasters to provide Audio Description Access.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	186377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Communications Act 2003 already requires broadcasters to ensure that they provide access services on linear TV. These are audio description, subtitling, and sign language services. Ofcom are responsible for administering the Code on Television Access Services which sets out what proportion of programming must have access services. The Digital Economy Act 2017 made provision for regulations to ensure that there are also access services for video on demand players. Ofcom consulted on these proposals this summer and are due to submit their report to the Secretary of State shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/11/2018 16:43:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

999301

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Television: Disability Aids
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 effect on the capacity of broadcasters to meet their access service obligations of their being permitted to spend only a maximum of one per cent of their turnover on doing so.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	186378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The capacity of broadcasters to meet their access service obligations is for Ofcom to assess. Ofcom’s Code requires broadcasters to achieve the highest level of provision that they can afford. Broadcasters are free to over deliver on access services, and Ofcom research shows that many do. The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky voluntarily commit to providing at least 20% of their programming with audio description, which is double their statutory obligation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/11/2018 16:45:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

999303

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
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 his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	186198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>DCMS spend on consultancy fees for work relating to EU Exit totals £1.2m since July 2016. The suppliers of this work are PricewaterhouseCoopers and ICF Consultancy, as well as individual contractors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:45:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

999354

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Data Protection
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 his Department has made on the potential economic cost to businesses who transfer data across borders in Europe in the event of the UK Government not reaching an adequacy decision with the EU before 29 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	186250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>EU exports to the UK of data reliant services were worth approximately £32bn (€36bn) in 2016. This includes a diverse range of sectors such as finance, telecoms and entertainment, which benefit from the free flow of data between the UK and EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the event of the UK reaching a final Withdrawal Agreement with the EU, data flows between the UK and the EU would continue as they do presently until the end of the Implementation Period, with no additional restrictions or requirements. The UK will continue to make the case for the European Commission to begin and finalise an adequacy assessment as soon as possible, to provide the earliest possible reassurance that data flows can continue after the Implementation Period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>If the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 with no agreement in place regarding future arrangements for data protection, the UK would at the point of exit continue to allow the free flow of personal data from the UK to the EU. However, in the absence of an adequacy decisions organisations would have to rely on alternative transfer mechanisms to transfer personal data from the EU to the UK. More detail can be found in the government’s technical notice on data protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/11/2018 16:38:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

999355

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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: Data Protection
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 his Department has made of the number of UK businesses that engage in data transfers with nations within the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	186251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of UK businesses that engage in data transfers with EU Member States cannot be quantified directly. However, it is in everyone’s interests that the exchange of data between EU Member States and the UK continues and is unrestricted. Data flows envelop all trade in goods and services as well as other business and personal relations. They are a key driver of global trade and the life-blood of our digital economy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government’s recent White Paper (available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>) sets out an ambitious future relationship with the EU on data protection. It details an agreement that builds on standard EU adequacy arrangements to provide ongoing regulatory cooperation and joined up enforcement action between UK and EU data protection authorities, as well as a clear, transparent framework to facilitate dialogue and minimise the risk of disruption to flows of personal data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/11/2018 16:39:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

999356

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Data Protection: EU Law
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 his Department has made of the potential timeframe for the UK to reach a data adequacy agreement with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	186252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>As provided for in the General Data Protection Regulation and Law Enforcement Directive, the European Commission can adopt adequacy decisions in respect of the UK to allow the continued free flow of personal data from the EU to the UK after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Commission has not yet indicated a timetable for this, but the UK has made it clear we are ready to begin discussions on an adequacy assessment now. The UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 strengthened UK standards in line with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and the Law Enforcement Directive, providing a unique starting point for an extensive agreement on the exchange of personal data that builds on the existing adequacy framework.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/11/2018 16:41:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

997545

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Music Festivals: Coventry
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 discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Coventry City Council on the future funding for free music festivals in Coventry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	185491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We announced, in December last year, that Coventry would be the UK City of Culture 2021. To support this the government will invest £8.5 million in Coventry’s plans to showcase the city which will include a wide range of arts and cultural events.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/11/2018 16:42:31 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham