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1521886

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Civil Society: Cost of Living
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 the Government has made of the effect of the cost of living crisis on charities and community groups that support people with the cost of living in Newcastle.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	62826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>As households and communities face rising energy prices over the winter, charities are seeing higher demand for their services while contending with the same price increases themselves.</p><p>That is why the government announced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, supporting all charities, public sector organisations and businesses with their energy costs this winter by offering an energy price guarantee for six months. This scheme will benefit charities and community groups across the country, including those operating in Newcastle.</p><p>My Department will keep engaging constructively with the civil society sector up and down the country and across government to monitor the impact of rising costs, and ensure DCMS is engaged on policy which impacts charities and civil society.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/10/2022 09:49:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1521895

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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: Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Ministerial Statement HCWS322 and the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 156485 on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Public Opinion, what proportion of spend on research and evaluation services in 2021 related to focus groups; and which suppliers were used to run those focus groups in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	62850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department spent £110,875 (excluding VAT) on distinct focus groups commissioned to an external Supplier in 2021. These focus groups were delivered by C M Monitor (Britain Thinks) and details of the contract can be found on <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/5c656a3c-addc-48bc-ac31-cbdcbf9bbd06?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>, in line with Government Transparency Policy.</p><p>More broadly the Department spent £1,259,396.63 (excluding VAT) on research and evaluations services, which may have encompassed the use of focus groups to some degree, in 2021. Details of the Department’s contracts, over £10,000 (including VAT) can be found on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>. The Department cannot apportion expenditure on the use of focus groups, beyond the figure provided, as the expenditure cannot be wholly and exclusively isolated from within the use of wider research and evaluation services.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 18/10/2022 08:44:28 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1521921

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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, whether her Department's target for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027 relates to standalone full 5G or non-standalone 5G.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	62933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>Ofcom Connected Nations Summer Update (7 October 2022) showed that non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 64% of premises across the UK.</p><p>Our Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will set out how we can realise the full benefits of 5G for the UK. We aim to publish the strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 62934 62935 62936 question first answered 18/10/2022 08:48:37 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1521922

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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 recent assessment her Department has made of the proportion of the population with access to (a) standalone full 5G and (b) non-standalone 5G.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	62934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>Ofcom Connected Nations Summer Update (7 October 2022) showed that non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 64% of premises across the UK.</p><p>Our Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will set out how we can realise the full benefits of 5G for the UK. We aim to publish the strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 62933 62935 62936 question first answered 18/10/2022 08:48:38 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1521924

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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, whether her Department is on track to meet its target for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	62935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>Ofcom Connected Nations Summer Update (7 October 2022) showed that non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 64% of premises across the UK.</p><p>Our Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will set out how we can realise the full benefits of 5G for the UK. We aim to publish the strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 62933 62934 62936 question first answered 18/10/2022 08:48:38 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1521925

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Mobile Broadband: Infrastructure
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 the Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will be published.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	62936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>Ofcom Connected Nations Summer Update (7 October 2022) showed that non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 64% of premises across the UK.</p><p>Our Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will set out how we can realise the full benefits of 5G for the UK. We aim to publish the strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 62933 62934 62935 question first answered 18/10/2022 08:48:38 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1521927

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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	Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
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 her Department plans to reintroduce the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	62937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was introduced into the House of Commons on Monday 18 July 2022. Following the election of the new leader of the Conservative Party, Ministers are further considering the Bill and will set out next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 18/10/2022 08:46:01 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1521081

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Gambling Act 2005 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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2022 to Question HL2267 on Gambling Act 2005 Review, what her Department's timescale is for publishing their response to their review of the Gambling Act 2005.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	61996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is a wide-ranging and comprehensive look at gambling legislation and regulation in Great Britain to make sure it is fit for the digital age. We will publish a White paper setting out our vision for the sector in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Folkestone and Hythe answering member printed Damian Collins question first answered 18/10/2022 09:12:38 answering member 3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1520521

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Television Licences: Non-payment
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 people (a) have been (i) fined, (ii) arrested and (iii) imprisoned for non payment of their television licence in each of the last three years and (b) are subject to legal action for non payment of their television licence.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	61311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The maximum penalty for non-payment of the TV licence fee is a fine. A person cannot receive a custodial sentence for TV licence evasion but can be committed to prison for wilfully refusing to pay the fine or culpably neglecting to pay. Imprisonment is only pursued as a matter of last resort.</p><p>In 2019, 122,603 people were proceeded against for non-payment of the licence fee. Of these, 113,002 people were fined. The number of people admitted to prison for failing to pay fines in respect of the non-payment of a TV licence in England and Wales in 2019 was two or fewer (the actual number has not been released in order to protect against personal identification).</p><p>In 2020, 53,301 people were proceeded against, and 49,948 were fined. In 2021, 49,126 people were proceeded against, and 44,364 were fined. In 2020 and 2021, there were no admissions into prison associated with failing to pay a fine in respect of the non-payment of a TV licence in England and Wales.</p><p>We do not hold data on the number of people arrested for non-payment of a fine which relates to non-payment of their television licence.</p><p>The information on prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes is published online in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2021" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 18/10/2022 08:52:05 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1518836

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Cultural Heritage: Havering
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 recent discussions her department has had with (a) Havering Council and (b) other groups in the London Borough of Havering about (i) the preservation of buildings of British cultural heritage, (ii) the promotion of cultural heritage, and (iii) in the context of the Mayor's London Plan which identifies Romford as an Opportunity Area with the potential for 5000 new homes by 2041, the extent to which that ambition is compatible with the preservation of Romford's cultural heritage.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	58941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>DCMS has had no recent discussions with Havering Council or other groups in the London Borough of Havering about these matters.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/10/2022 12:28:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell