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757581

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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	Telecommunications: Misrepresentation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (a) what steps she is taking to protect vulnerable consumers from mis-selling by communications providers and (b) what sanctions are in place for companies which are found to have sold vulnerable consumers services they do not need or cannot use.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	8813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Office of Communications (Ofcom), as the UK’s independent communications regulator, has rules in place which prohibit all communication providers from engaging in dishonest, misleading or deceptive conduct when selling products and services, and obliges providers to ensure consumers fully understand and consent to a contract before it is agreed. Ofcom has also consulted on a proposal to require all communications providers to set out how they identify and meet the needs of vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>If Ofcom find evidence of a breach of its rules, it can take effective substantial action, has the power to fine companies up to 10% of their relevant annual turnover, and to also require them to remedy any issues that have arisen, including repaying affected customers who have lost money.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/09/2017 15:14:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

755664

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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: Hemsworth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, by what date it is planned that 100 per cent of residents of Hemsworth village will have access to superfast broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2017 answer text <p>An estimated 94% of premises in the constituency of Hemsworth currently have access to superfast speeds. By March 2018, this is predicted to rise to 97%. With UK Government support, West Yorkshire Combined Authority is currently negotiating an extension to its current delivery contract which will provide further superfast coverage, and for the remainder we will ensure universal broadband coverage of at least 10Mbps, so that no home or business is left behind.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 04/10/2017 12:19:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

760835

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the mitigation of distributed denial of service attacks is not included in the Government's cyber essentials scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Cyber Essentials scheme is intended to provide a minimum level of good, basic cyber security for any organisation, of any size, in any sector. It sets out the measures which any organisation can implement itself to protect against the most common Internet threats. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are difficult to protect against in the same way. Including DDoS mitigation within Cyber Essentials would significantly raise the bar assessed by the scheme, adding significant cost to organisations, even if they were unlikely to ever be the subject of such an attack.</p><p> </p><p>Organisations requiring protection from DDoS can consult guidance provided by the National Cyber Security Centre. They can also seek help from third parties offering these services (e.g. Internet Service Providers.)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/10/2017 14:21:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

759645

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the six areas in England and Scotland were selected by the Government to test full-fibre broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	10180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The criteria used to identify Wave 1 locations include the learning opportunity, likely success in stimulating investment, project deliverability and suitability, all as assessed from information gathered in our January 2017 Call for Evidence and subsequent engagement through 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 14:32:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

752973

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Social Media: Codes of Practice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, from whom will she seek contributions from for the consultation on the code of practice for social media providers.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	5444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the response to PQ 4728.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 5202 5442 5443 5445 5644 question first answered 24/07/2017 10:08:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

754570

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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: Pay
	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 (a) male and (b) female members of staff in her Department are paid more than £150,000.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	6566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of male and female staff on DCMS’ payroll paid more than £150,000 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paid more than £150,000</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 05/09/2017 15:16:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

760060

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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: Redundancy
	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 (a) men and (b) women have left her Department under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 31 March 2016, the number of men and women who have left the Department under exit schemes is:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ol><li><p>Men: 2</p></li><li><p>Women: 4</p></li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 12:15:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

756513

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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: Secondment
	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 applications her Department has received for (a) internal loans and (b) secondments from civil servants in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 7927 7948 7969 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:54:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

766167

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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: Business
	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 businesses have benefited from the Better Broadband Scheme in (a) Scotland and (b) each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
	tabling member printed	John Lamont
	uin	106140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Better Broadband Scheme is available to all homes and businesses which are unable to access a broadband speed of at least 2Mbps. The Department does not distinguish applications between residential and business premises. Currently 1,658 installations have been approved under the scheme for premises in Scotland. We also do not hold information for specific local authorities within the Scottish total.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/10/2017 12:12:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

760062

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	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: Procurement
	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 civil servants in her Department are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil servants have been seconded(a) outside the Government and (b) in from outside the Government in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>DCMS participates in the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) scheme, which is part of Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>In the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), one civil servant is currently part of the Government Commercial Organisation. The individual has not been seconded outside Government, as part of GCO, in any year since 2012 and was not seconded in.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/10/2017 12:16:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett