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1123576

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Telecoms Supply Chain Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date he plans to publish the response to the Telecoms Supply Chain Review.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	248603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>A statement will be made to the House to communicate the decision at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2019 12:13:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1123683

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Huawei: 5G
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 is taking to ensure that UK data security is protected in respect of the involvement of Huawei in the development of the UK's 5G network.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	248759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a long established strategy for managing the presence of Huawei in the UK telecoms sector. The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) was established in 2010 as part of a mitigation strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The need to ensure that the UK telecoms network is secure both now and for future mobile generations is the reason for the Telecoms Supply Chain Review. The terms of reference are available here. The Review includes consideration of the full UK market position, including the resilience and security standards of equipment for 5G. A statement will be made to the House to communicate the outcome of the Review at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2019 12:22:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1123145

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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: Rural Areas
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 progress has been made with the Rural Connected Communities Project; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using North East Bedfordshire as a pilot area for that initiative.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	247603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme is currently developing proposals for the Rural Connected Communities (RCC) project. This aims to build the business case for 5G, and rural mobile coverage by testing a range of technical solutions and commercial models, building and proving demand through new use cases.</p><p> </p><p>When the application process for the RCC project is open, as a mainly rural area, North East Bedfordshire may wish to submit a bid, subject to the competition’s final eligibility requirements.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2019 12:40:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

1123186

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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: Standards
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 has plans to obligate internet broadband companies to be more transparent on achievable speeds.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	247606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Both Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have taken action on broadband speeds recently.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom’s published a new Broadband Speeds Code of Practice on 1 March 2019, under which companies have to provide consumers with a minimum guaranteed speed at the point of sale. If a consumer’s speed then drops below this level, companies have one month to improve performance, before they must allow consumers to leave their contract penalty-free. This right to exit also applies to landline and TV packages, which are purchased at the same time as broadband services</p><p> </p><p>Prior to this, in May 2018, the ASA implemented guidance that requires speed claims in adverts to be based on the download speeds available to at least 50% of customers at peak time and no longer on 'up to' speeds available to at least 10% of customers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2019 12:31:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1122671

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
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	Arts: Finance
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 his Department has made of the effect on grassroots funding for the arts of the widespread theft of the UK creative industries intellectual property rights by the pirate network beoutQ.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	247159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to protecting the IP of our world leading Creative Industries, which is why are continuing to support The &quot;Get It Right&quot; campaign with £2M investment over 3 years. This campaign is part of The Government's Sector Deal which helps educate consumers on the dangers of copyright infringement and directs them towards legitimate sources of creative content online. The HM Ambassador in Riyadh has raised this matter on a number of occasions with Ministers in the Saudi Arabian Government.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2019 12:41:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling