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1563536

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	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, how many agreements were reached to install 5G masts on private property in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those agreements were concluded consensually.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	114820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>Digital connectivity is important now more than ever and the Government is committed to providing good quality digital infrastructure and mobile coverage, including 5G, across the UK. This will ensure that people are able to stay connected and businesses are able to grow. The Government’s ambition for the majority of the UK population to have access to 5G by 2027 was met 5 years early with basic “non-standalone” 5G. Non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 77% of UK premises.</p><p>However, Government policy in this area consistently aims to maintain a proportionate balance between the public benefits of digital rollout, and the rights of individual landowners. This is reflected in the legal framework underpinning rights to install and keep electronic communications apparatus on public and private land, contained in the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”).</p><p>5G network rollout and the acquisition and management of masts, mobile sites and network infrastructure is, ultimately, a matter for the mobile network operators (MNOs), operating within that legal framework. The Government therefore does not routinely collate comprehensive data on site acquisitions.</p><p>However, you may find it useful to note that information provided by mobile operators and infrastructure providers during passage of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act showed that the number of agreements being concluded on new and existing sites has increased year on year since 2020. This data shows that in 2022, at least 107 agreements were reached in relation to new sites, with heads of terms agreed on a further 66 sites. That is in addition to the 533 renewal agreements which have concluded this year, along with heads of terms being agreed on a further 119 renewals.</p><p>To be clear however, this data does not represent a complete picture of the number of agreements agreed during 2022, but rather a snapshot provided by some mobile operators. We do not have any additional data breaking down these figures into agreements concerning the installation of 5G masts on private property, or how many agreements were completed consensually. However, as you may be aware, measures contained in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act aim to encourage consensual negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/01/2023 08:55:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1551997

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	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 rights private landowners have to oppose the installation of 5G masts on their property.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	111665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing good quality digital infrastructure and mobile coverage, including 5G, across the UK. This will ensure that people are able to stay connected and businesses are able to grow. Digital connectivity is important now more than ever. The Government’s ambition for the majority of the UK population to have access to 5G by 2027 was met 5 years early with basic “non-standalone” 5G. Non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 77% of UK premises.</p><p>At all times, however, government policy in this area works to keep a proportionate balance between public benefits of digital rollout, and the rights of individual landowners.</p><p>Rights to install and keep electronic communications apparatus on public and private land are regulated by the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”). Rights relating to apparatus on private land are normally agreed through negotiation between a landowner and communications operator.</p><p>Where a consensual agreement cannot be reached, the operator can ask a court to consider whether rights should be imposed. It is important to note, however, that the imposition of those rights is not automatic.</p><p>In these cases, the court will take into account whether the proposed installation is in the public interest and whether the landowner can be adequately compensated in deciding whether or not the requested rights should be imposed.</p><p>In addition to the need to comply with the requirements of the Code, the installation of apparatus must also comply with any planning requirements. Most telecommunications infrastructure, such as new masts and base stations, now benefit from nationally set permitted development rights. Permitted development rights enable certain types of development to be undertaken without the need for a full planning application, where the need to apply for permission would be out of proportion with the impacts of development. However, new ground-based masts still require the prior approval of local planning authority on certain matters, such as siting a design, before deployment can take place.</p><p>Local planning authorities are the decision makers for local planning decisions and must ensure that they are satisfied with things such as siting and appearance of the proposed development, before the permitted development rights are applied.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/12/2022 10:08:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1550793

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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	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, how many 5G masts have been installed on residential properties in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	108304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>5G network rollout and the management of masts, mobile sites and network infrastructure is a matter for the mobile network operators (MNOs), and this information is not held by the government.</p><p>However, local authorities must grant planning permission for building masts and therefore some local authorities keep mast site registers which may contain installation information.</p><p>When deploying masts, the MNOs will consider consumer demand and how any mobile site fits with their network deployment plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 108305 question first answered 19/12/2022 12:40:30 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1550797

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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	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, how many 5G masts have been installed in each region in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	108305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>5G network rollout and the management of masts, mobile sites and network infrastructure is a matter for the mobile network operators (MNOs), and this information is not held by the government.</p><p>However, local authorities must grant planning permission for building masts and therefore some local authorities keep mast site registers which may contain installation information.</p><p>When deploying masts, the MNOs will consider consumer demand and how any mobile site fits with their network deployment plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 108304 question first answered 19/12/2022 12:40:30 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1548881

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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: Theft
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 of her Department's (a) laptops, (b) mobile phones, (c) memory sticks and (d) external hard drives have been lost or stolen in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	104241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>The following table includes the number of lost/stolen devices in the Department for Digital, Culture Media &amp; Sport (DCMS) in the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laptops</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mobile Phones</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Memory Sticks</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>External Hard Drives</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All departmental IT has device encryption enabled, at rest and is fully security encrypted, to prevent unauthorised access.</p><p>The departmental security unit records and investigates each reported loss from the Department. If appropriate, the police are invited to undertake further inquiries.</p><p>Any mobile device reported as lost is immediately and remotely deactivated and the contents deleted. The user account on any laptop reported as lost is immediately and remotely locked.</p><p>There has been no data loss or compromise resulting from these losses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 14/12/2022 13:45:56 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1546859

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	English National Opera
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 support the English National Opera.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	99938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Richmond Park to my previous answers on this matter, including <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97388" target="_blank">97388</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97389" target="_blank">97389</a> to the Rt Hon Member for Camberwell and Peckham.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 99939 question first answered 08/12/2022 10:44:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1546862

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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	Opera
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 she will work with Arts Council England to commission a strategic review of opera provision.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	99939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Richmond Park to my previous answers on this matter, including <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97388" target="_blank">97388</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-28/97389" target="_blank">97389</a> to the Rt Hon Member for Camberwell and Peckham.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 99938 question first answered 08/12/2022 10:44:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1503619

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	BBC News
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 of the potential impact of the proposed merger between BBC News and the BBC World Service on the quality of news.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	45219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government wants to see the BBC continue to serve both UK and international audiences with high quality, accurate and impartial news and information, which is an essential part of its Mission and Public Purposes.</p><p>The BBC is operationally and editorially independent from the government and the government cannot intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations. It would therefore be inappropriate for the government to intervene in their decision to merge BBC News and BBC World News.</p><p>Ofcom, as the independent regulator of the BBC, is responsible for ensuring that the BBC continues to meet the public service obligations set out in the BBC Charter, Agreement, and Operating Licence. In response to the BBC's announcement, Ofcom has said that it expects the BBC to be clear about how it plans to ensure that BBC News will continue to provide high quality UK news. Ofcom has also stated that it will continue to develop its understanding of the detail of the BBC’s proposals, and that if issues of concern arise Ofcom will work with the BBC to address them, and if necessary, take steps to ensure the BBC continues to deliver for audiences in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 45146 question first answered 20/09/2022 08:47:23 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1484787

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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: Consultants
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 her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	27702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28th June 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-06-21/22551" target="_blank">UIN 22551</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 05/07/2022 15:49:59 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1460319

registered interest
date	26/04/2022
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: Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 154260 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Aviation, what the total cost of the 246 domestic flights taken by officials in her Department was between April 2019 and March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	160540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The total cost of domestic flights taken by Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport officials between April 2019 and March 2020 was £40,465.77.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 28/04/2022 07:06:51 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney