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708460

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date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Exercise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to tackle recent trends in physical activity rates.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	66561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>In December 2015 Government published Sporting Future, which set out a new vision for a successful and active sporting nation, where people of all ages and backgrounds can enjoy the benefits that sport and physical activity can provide, at every stage in their lives.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy places a clear emphasis on targeting those who are hardest to reach including those from lower socio-economic groups, women and girls, those with a disability, certain BAME groups and older people.</p><p> </p><p>60.7% of adults do the amount of physical activity recommended by the Chief Medical Officer of 150 Minutes a week. While this is encouraging, Sport England will triple its current investment in tackling inactivity to around £250 million, to help drive a more active and healthier nation.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 09/03/2017 09:51:01 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

708463

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Coventry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many digital businesses identified in the UK Digital Strategy 2017, published on 1 March 2017, are based in Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	66589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Digital Strategy identified around 200,000 digital business in the whole UK. The number of digital businesses in each region is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 66498 question first answered 09/03/2017 10:49:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

708642

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to extend mobile phone coverage.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	66628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Each mobile network operator has a legal obligation to provide voice coverage to 90% of the UK landmass by the end of 2017. O2 has an additional legal obligation to provide indoor 4G coverage to 98% of UK premises by the same date. Ofcom will enforce these obligations and, through the Digital Economy Bill, will have the power to fine any network operator who is in breach.</p><p>Ofcom's 2016 Connected Nations Report shows that 99% of UK premises now have indoor voice coverage and 96% have indoor 4G data coverage.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/03/2017 10:43:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

707636

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the total number of people employed in the digital economy nationally are based in London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	66521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>For statistical purposes, government defines the digital economy as “all jobs in the digital sector, as well as all those working in Digital Occupations in non-digital sectors&quot;. Data on the total number of people employed in the digital economy in each region is not readily available, however in 2015, it is estimated that 25.9% of digital sector jobs were based in London. This information is also available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2016.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/03/2017 11:13:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

707637

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release of 1 March 2017, Digital Strategy to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business, whether people doing work placements through the Digital Skills Partnership will be paid the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	66522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Digital Skills partnership will encourage and support local partnerships to tackle digital skills shortages in their areas through actions such as offering work experience to local schools. It is up to companies offering work placements to determine appropriate pay levels, if relevant, at or above statutory pay levels. Further information on entitlement to the national minimum or national living wage which is dependent on age and type of work, can be found at :https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage/who-gets-the-minimum-wage</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/03/2017 11:14:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

707639

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release of 1 March 2017, Digital Strategy to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business, how many free digital training opportunities will be provided through the Digital Skills Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	66523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Digital Strategy’s press release, more than four million free digital skills training opportunities will be created to support the aspiration of the Digital Skills Partnership and make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business and ensure our digital economy works for everyone.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/03/2017 11:15:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

707640

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Digital Sector Economic Estimates 2016, published by her Department on 26 January 2016, what proportion of the gross value added of the digital sector was produced in London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	66497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>Data on regional GVA in the digital sector are not currently available. The latest available GVA estimates published in August 2016 are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates-2016</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/03/2017 10:54:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

707641

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the 200,000 digital businesses identified in the UK Digital Strategy 2017, published on 1 March 2017, are based in London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	66498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Digital Strategy identified around 200,000 digital business in the whole UK. The number of digital businesses in each region is not readily available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 66589 question first answered 09/03/2017 10:49:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

707642

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Google: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 9, Part 2 of the Government's Digital Strategy, published in March 2017, whether those people Google has already trained are included within the four million free digital skills training opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	66450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>To support the aspiration of the Digital Skills Partnership, more than four million free digital skills training opportunities will be created by industry to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business and ensure our digital economy works for everyone.Those people Google has already trained are not included within the four million free digital skills training opportunities. People trained under the pledge by Accenture to create a Digital Skills Programme will count towards the four million free digital skills training opportunities being created. It is understood that through partners, Accenture’s Digital Skills Programme could reach as many as 100,000 people across the UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 66451 question first answered 09/03/2017 10:57:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

707643

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Accenture: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 9, Part 2 of the Government's Digital Strategy, published in March 2017, whether people trained under the pledge by Accenture to create a Digital Skills Programme will count towards the target to provide four million free digital skills training opportunities; and how many people Accenture plans to train as part of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	66451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>To support the aspiration of the Digital Skills Partnership, more than four million free digital skills training opportunities will be created by industry to make Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business and ensure our digital economy works for everyone.Those people Google has already trained are not included within the four million free digital skills training opportunities. People trained under the pledge by Accenture to create a Digital Skills Programme will count towards the four million free digital skills training opportunities being created. It is understood that through partners, Accenture’s Digital Skills Programme could reach as many as 100,000 people across the UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 66450 question first answered 09/03/2017 10:57:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh