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1226056

registered interest
date	17/07/2020
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
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 14 July 2020 to Question 71762, if he will publish further details on the steps taken on the Government’s supply chain diversification strategy in telecoms supply.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	76023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>Work to diversify the telecoms supply chain and develop alternative suppliers remains an absolute priority for the Government. We are continuing to work at pace to develop and take forward our diversification strategy and we will set out further detail later in the autumn, in line with the introduction of the Telecoms Security Bill.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 24/07/2020 14:33:24 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1224930

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
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
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 his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, if he will publish the evidential basis for the estimates of (a) £1 billion cost for the delay announced in January 2020 and (b) the £2 billion cost of the 2 to 3 years delay announced in the statement; and what consequences that estimate covers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has conducted its own modelling but this involves commercially sensitive information, and therefore cannot be published.</p><p>The Government’s advice has been clear that operators need to plan to remove all Huawei 5G equipment by 2027. It will be for individual operators to determine how to achieve that, and therefore the exact nature of any costs and delays will be specific to each operator.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 23/07/2020 13:04:05 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1224931

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
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
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 his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, who will have oversight of removal of Huawei from the UK 5G network; which Minister will have responsibility for that oversight; and if he will establish a national taskforce to ensure the effective removal of Huawei.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Telecoms Security Bill will ensure we have the powers we need to drive up security standards and control the presence of High Risk Vendors. The Bill will go beyond individual companies, and will enshrine in law one of the strongest regimes for telecoms security in the world.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Secretary of State will have oversight of the removal of Huawei from the UK 5G network, working alongside Ofcom, who will be asked to provide the Secretary of State with factual reports on operators’ use of Huawei products. The Secretary of State will take forward enforcement action where necessary to ensure controls in relation to Huawei are adhered to.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As it relates to telecommunications infrastructure, responsibility would fall to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/07/2020 16:56:52 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1224932

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
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
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 the oral statement of 14 July 2020, Official Report, column 1376, whether telecoms operators will be able to buy as much equipment as they chose from Huawei until the end of 2020 and then roll-out that equipment into their network at any time up until the end of 2027.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State said in his oral statement on Tuesday, the National Cyber Security Centre has advised operators to stop buying affected Huawei 5G equipment. It is for the operators to make the commercial decisions to comply with this advice.</p><p><br>The Secretary of State also made clear in his statement that the Government will be requiring operators to remove Huawei equipment from their 5G networks by the end of 2027. There is little commercial incentive for the operators to buy more, new, Huawei kit only to have to remove it by 2027.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The purpose of the timeframe, between now and December 2020, is to provide industry with time to prepare for removal and, if necessary, purchase non-affected kit where this is crucial to ensure repairs and maintenance can continue so services are not impacted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 24/07/2020 09:32:38 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1225229

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
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
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 with reference to his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report, column 678, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK (a) economy and (b) manufacturing industry of US sanctions on Huawei.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State set out in his statement of 14 July on ‘UK Telecommunications’ that removing Huawei equipment from the UK’s 5G networks could cost up to £2 billion to industry and delay rollout of 5G by 2-3 years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This figure is an estimate of the additional costs to operators of removing Huawei equipment from their 5G networks. These costs will vary across the different mobile operators. The process for complying with the Government’s decision will include commercial decisions that are for the mobile operators to make.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The security and resilience of 5G rollout is not just in the national security interests of the UK. The UK’s economic and future prosperity interests would be undermined if the networks were judged to be insecure, their usage and economic value would be reduced.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/07/2020 16:57:55 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1225231

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
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
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 the oral statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of 28 January 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report, column 709, whether his Department made an assessment of the (a) likelihood of the US imposing sanctions on Huawei and (b) potential effect of such sanctions prior to making decisions on how high-risk vendors would be restricted.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2020 answer text <p>In January, Government issued advice to place stringent restrictions on high risk vendors in the UK 5G and full fibre networks was issued following a robust, evidence-based decision-making process, involving security analysis by the UK’s world leading technical experts in the National Cyber Security Centre, taking into consideration all threats and risks, including sanctions.</p><p>There were a number of sanctions already placed upon Huawei, imposed by the US Department of Commerce, at the time the January advice was issued. The UK Government and National Cyber Security Centre were aware of these sanctions, they were considered when advice was issued.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 23/07/2020 13:28:37 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1225260

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
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
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 he had made of the effect on UK telecommunications networks of US sanctions on Huawei before his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, Official Report, column 678.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	74576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>On 15 May, the United States Department of Commerce announced an extension of its sanctions against Huawei. It was clear that these were a very significant extension of the existing sanctions against Huawei.</p><p>In response, the National Cyber Security Centre launched an immediate review of the potential consequences of those sanctions on the security and resilience of the UK’s telecommunications infrastructure.</p><p>The position set out in the oral statement of 14 July 2020 takes full account of the consequences of the US sanctions against Huawei.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/07/2020 16:55:40 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1224606

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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
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 his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, what plans he has to publish the clear and ambitious diversification strategy referred to in that statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	73822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>We are working at pace to develop and take forward our diversification strategy. In developing this strategy the Government is considering a wide range of actions in the short, medium and long-term that support diversification to protect incumbent suppliers, introduce new vendors and accelerate the development of new telecoms technologies. We will set out further detail later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 21/07/2020 08:39:12 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1224609

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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
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 his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, what risk assessment his Department (a) made and (b) received on the potential effect of allowing use of Huawei technology in the (a) 2G, (b) 3G and (c) 4G networks; and whether the short technical consultation with operators to understand their supply chain alternatives will involve such a risk assessment.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	73823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The details of Huawei’s entry into the UK market and associated decision making were subject of an inquiry by the Intelligence and Security Committee into ‘Foreign involvement in the Critical National Infrastructure - The implications for national security’. The findings of which were published in June 2013 followed by the government response in July 2013.</p><p>The position for legacy networks has not changed, our world class mitigation arrangements will remain in place and we will continue to work with operators to mitigate risks. Huawei’s current operations in the UK are subject to the strongest oversight possible through the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre and Oversight Board. The recent US sanctions impact future Huawei equipment - including 5G, full fibre and beyond.</p><p>The technical consultation announced as part of the oral statement on 14 July applies to full fibre only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 22/07/2020 15:33:38 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1224612

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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
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 his oral statement of 14 July 2020 on UK Telecommunications, what estimate he has made of the amount of the £2 billion cost of requiring operators to remove Huawei equipment from their 5G networks by 2027 will be spent with British companies; and what estimate he has made of the potential number of jobs that will be created as a result of that spending.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	73824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State set out in his statement of 14 July on ‘UK Telecommunications’ that removing Huawei equipment from the UK’s 5G networks could cost up to £2 billion. This figure is an estimate of the additional costs to operators of removing Huawei equipment from their 5G networks. These costs will vary across the different mobile operators. The process for complying with the Government’s decision will include commercial decisions that are for the mobile operators to make.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 22/07/2020 15:34:41 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah