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809120

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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 and Mobile Phones: 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 steps she is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	903082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are taking a wide range of initiatives that will improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>We have reformed the Electronic Communications Code to make it easier and cheaper to install digital infrastructure. Our ambition is to extend mobile coverage to 95% of the UK’s landmass by 2022 and this will benefit rural areas as well. Ofcom has identified the 700 MHz band as suitable for coverage obligations and we will work with Ofcom to determine the best options.</p><p>95% of UK premises will have access to superfast speeds by the end of 2017 and we expect coverage will be extended beyond that to reach at least a further 2% of premises.</p><p> </p><p>All homes and businesses which are unable to receive a speed of at least 2Mbps can benefit from support from the Better Broadband Scheme. Further information on the Scheme can be found on our website (<a href="https://basicbroadbandchecker/" target="_blank">https://basicbroadbandchecker</a>.<a href="http://culture.gov.uk/guide-to-" target="_blank">culture.gov.uk/guide-to-</a>better-broadband-subsidy-scheme.pdf).</p><p><br>As confirmed in our announcement yesterday, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to high speed broadband.</p><p><br>As part of the Local Full Fibre Network programme, a £4.66 million pilot project has begun to deliver fibre connections to public buildings across West Sussex, including Chichester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 903083 question first answered 21/12/2017 16:59:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

809138

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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 and Mobile Phones: 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 steps she is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	903083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are taking a wide range of initiatives that will improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>We have reformed the Electronic Communications Code to make it easier and cheaper to install digital infrastructure. Our ambition is to extend mobile coverage to 95% of the UK’s landmass by 2022 and this will benefit rural areas as well. Ofcom has identified the 700 MHz band as suitable for coverage obligations and we will work with Ofcom to determine the best options.</p><p>95% of UK premises will have access to superfast speeds by the end of 2017 and we expect coverage will be extended beyond that to reach at least a further 2% of premises.</p><p> </p><p>All homes and businesses which are unable to receive a speed of at least 2Mbps can benefit from support from the Better Broadband Scheme. Further information on the Scheme can be found on our website (<a href="https://basicbroadbandchecker/" target="_blank">https://basicbroadbandchecker</a>.<a href="http://culture.gov.uk/guide-to-" target="_blank">culture.gov.uk/guide-to-</a>better-broadband-subsidy-scheme.pdf).</p><p><br>As confirmed in our announcement yesterday, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to high speed broadband.</p><p><br>As part of the Local Full Fibre Network programme, a £4.66 million pilot project has begun to deliver fibre connections to public buildings across West Sussex, including Chichester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 903082 question first answered 21/12/2017 16:59:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

809696

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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: Written Questions
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 many and what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As of 19th December, DCMS has answered 1,062 Written Parliamentary Questions, of which 19 or 1.8% were answered in such a manner. Also pretty low.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/12/2017 17:26:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809742

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Members: Correspondence
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 response she has received to her letter to Ofcom of 15 August 2017 ref TO2017/03331/DC asking whether Ofcom is striking the right balance between keeping bills low for consumers and incentivising the necessary levels of investment in the UK’s digital infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	120362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>A reply to that letter was received from Ofcom, which is available here: <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/107141/sharon-white-letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/107141/sharon-white-letter.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/12/2017 13:07:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

809746

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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, to what extent her Department has authority to intervene in the way in which Ofcom carries out its duties.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	120366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text The Secretary of State can write to Ofcom on whatever matter she chooses. Ofcom is an independent regulator and takes many considerations into account when making decisions.<p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/12/2017 13:10:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

809748

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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, what information her Department holds on how many occasions previous Secretaries of State of her Department have written to the Chief Executive of Ofcom requesting that they reconsider recommended price reductions relating to regulated services in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	120368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for DCMS has written to the Chief Executive of Ofcom from time to time on a number of matters over the decade and a half since Ofcom was established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/12/2017 13:05:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

809790

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Disinformation: Young People
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 plans her Department has to promote teaching young people how to critically analyse what they view on the internet and in the media to help them identify fake news.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	120410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text As part of our Internet Safety Strategy and through our work with the Department for Education, we are ensuring that children have the knowledge they need to critically assess information. This will help children and young people identify intentionally misleading information on the Internet and in the media.<p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/12/2017 10:19:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

808821

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: Scotland
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 the Government is taking to deliver broadband connectivity that meets the universal service obligation to (a) the constituency of Angus and (b) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	119930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to the Written Ministerial Statement entitled Delivery of Universal Broadband issued on 20th December.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 120034 question first answered 21/12/2017 16:55:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

808840

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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: EU Nationals
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 her Department has made the effect on the creative industries of extending the current visa regime for non-EU nationals to EU nationals after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	119949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text The Government is considering a wide range of options for the future immigration system. We will be setting out our initial proposals for a new immigration system shortly and will be consulting closely with stakeholders, including those in the Creative Industries to help determine the future shape of our immigration policy for both EU and non-EU nationals.<p> </p><p>As part of this process, Government has also commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to undertake a detailed assessment of the role of EU migration across all parts of the UK economy and society.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/12/2017 17:08:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

808909

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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 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, whether and how Ofcom’s assessment of whether mobile providers have achieved their 90 per cent target for land mass coverage by the end of 2017 will be made public.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	120018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible for<strong> </strong>enforcing spectrum licence obligations and it plans to publish its assessment of whether mobile providers have met their licence obligations once it has assessed their compliance in early 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/12/2017 10:11:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith