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847822

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date	23/02/2018
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	Digital Broadcasting: Scotland
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 his Department is taking to improve the availability of DAB radio in (a) Scotland and (b) Dumfries and Galloway.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	129498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>We are working with the radio industry to improve digital radio coverage for listeners. DCMS has provided around £7.3m capital funding - in conjunction with on-going financial support from the BBC and commercial radio - to support the long term expansion of the local digital radio (DAB) network across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2014 a commitment was made to a programme of work including a total of 182 new local DAB transmitters built across Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland, and technical improvements at a further 49 existing local DAB transmitter sites. According to Ofcom the programme to upgrade the local DAB network in Scotland is predicted to increase the coverage of local digital radio services from 65% to around 86% of Scottish homes, up by over 20%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Separately, under phase 4 of its expansion, the BBC has rolled out its national DAB network to a further 163 transmitter sites across the UK. This programme of work has included new DAB transmitters at 4 sites in Dumfries and Galloway serving: Kirkconnel, Langholm, Moffat, Sanquhar and Thornhill. The BBC’s phase 4 expansion programme has seen an increase in the coverage of its national DAB network in Scotland from 91% to 95% of homes.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:56:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

847810

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Media: Voyeurism
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 he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on up-skirting photographs appearing in the media.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	129486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Up-skirting is a violation of privacy and causes considerable distress for victims. There are laws on privacy that publishers and broadcasters must abide by. Ministers and officials have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:59:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

847819

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Digital Broadcasting: Scotland
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 his Department has made of the level of availability of DAB radio in rural parts of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	129495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>DCMS does not collect this type of information. The independent communications regulator Ofcom publishes an annual review of the digital radio market, which includes data on the availability of DAB radio services by Nation. The last report was published in November 2017. DAB coverage figures for Scotland are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>UK Wide BBC</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>UK wide commercial radio</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital One</p></td><td><p>Sound Digital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland Homes</p></td><td><p>95.3%</p></td><td><p>81.7%</p></td><td><p>65.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland Major roads</p></td><td><p>69.1%</p></td><td><p>45.5%</p></td><td><p>32.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 14:32:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

847815

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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 Phones: 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, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent and quality of mobile phone coverage in Dumfries and Galloway.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	129491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>According to Ofcom's Connected Nations 2017 report (published on 15 December 2017), indoor premises voice coverage by at least one Mobile Network Operator (MNO) was 97% (with 63% from all four MNOs) in Dumfries and Galloway, while indoor premises data coverage was 96% (51% from all four).</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government recognises that there is still more to do to improve coverage. That is why we reformed the Electronic Communications Code in 2017, to make it cheaper to install digital infrastructure and this should help improve coverage in the UK, including Scotland. We also welcome the Scottish Government's planning reforms introduced in 2017 that follow our 2016 reforms in England to support infrastructure rollout. We are committed to having good quality coverage where people live, work and travel and welcome that Ofcom is considering new licence obligations for rural coverage as part of the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 129492 question first answered 05/03/2018 14:30:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

847816

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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 Phones: 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, what steps his Department is taking to improve mobile phone coverage in Dumfries and Galloway.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	129492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>According to Ofcom's Connected Nations 2017 report (published on 15 December 2017), indoor premises voice coverage by at least one Mobile Network Operator (MNO) was 97% (with 63% from all four MNOs) in Dumfries and Galloway, while indoor premises data coverage was 96% (51% from all four).</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government recognises that there is still more to do to improve coverage. That is why we reformed the Electronic Communications Code in 2017, to make it cheaper to install digital infrastructure and this should help improve coverage in the UK, including Scotland. We also welcome the Scottish Government's planning reforms introduced in 2017 that follow our 2016 reforms in England to support infrastructure rollout. We are committed to having good quality coverage where people live, work and travel and welcome that Ofcom is considering new licence obligations for rural coverage as part of the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 129491 question first answered 05/03/2018 14:30:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack