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759231

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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: Dumfries and Galloway
	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 residential properties have access to superfast broadband services in Dumfries and Galloway constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
	tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
	uin	9928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>There is an estimated 41,400 premises that have access to superfast broadband services in the constituency of Dumfries and Galloway, representing approximately 80% of the premises in the constituency. We do not have a breakdown between commercial and residential. Approximately 94% of UK premises have superfast broadband thanks to the subsidised programme, funded by UK taxpayers</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9929 question first answered 19/09/2017 14:50:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

759233

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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: Dumfries and Galloway
	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 commercial properties have access to superfast broadband services in Dumfries and Galloway constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
	tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
	uin	9929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>There is an estimated 41,400 premises that have access to superfast broadband services in the constituency of Dumfries and Galloway, representing approximately 80% of the premises in the constituency. We do not have a breakdown between commercial and residential. Approximately 94% of UK premises have superfast broadband thanks to the subsidised programme, funded by UK taxpayers</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9928 question first answered 19/09/2017 14:50:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

759246

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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: Wales
	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 she has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on testing full-fibre broadband in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>We engage regularly with counterparts from the Wales Office and Welsh Government throughout 2017 on the Local Full Fibre Networks programme, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July, we wrote to all local authority leaders, including across Wales, to highlight the upcoming Challenge Fund stage of the programme and invite Expressions of Interest. We received a tremendous response from across the UK, including from Wales.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9785 question first answered 19/09/2017 13:33:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759247

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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: Wales
	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 she has had with Welsh Government Ministers on testing full-fibre broadband in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>We engage regularly with counterparts from the Wales Office and Welsh Government throughout 2017 on the Local Full Fibre Networks programme, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July, we wrote to all local authority leaders, including across Wales, to highlight the upcoming Challenge Fund stage of the programme and invite Expressions of Interest. We received a tremendous response from across the UK, including from Wales.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9784 question first answered 19/09/2017 13:33:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

758115

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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: Behavioural Insights Team
	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 paid to the Behavioural Insights Team in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>DCMS has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p>https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p>https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9676 question first answered 14/09/2017 16:42:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

758654

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Arts: Meetings
	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 list the attendees at any roundtable events that she or Ministers in her Department have held with representatives of the creative industries.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	9406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The department meets daily with stakeholders from across the range of DCMS policy. The most formal contact with the creative industries is through the Creative Industries Council and its members. Further details including membership of the Council and minutes of council meetings are available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9412 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:23:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

758656

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Arts: Meetings
	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 publish details of (a) the roundtable events she or Ministers of her Department have held with representatives of the creative industries and (b) the attendees at those events.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	9412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The department meets daily with stakeholders from across the range of DCMS policy. The most formal contact with the creative industries is through the Creative Industries Council and its members. Further details including membership of the Council and minutes of council meetings are available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9406 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:23:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

758970

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	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: Behavioural Insights Team
	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 services her Department has received from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>DCMS has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p>https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p>https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9183 question first answered 14/09/2017 16:42:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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