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1190400

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	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	What steps his Department is taking to ensure the effective delivery of broadband and telecommunications.
	tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
	tabling member printed	Craig Williams
	uin	901884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text The Government wants to deliver nationwide coverage of gigabit capable broadband as soon as possible.<p><br>We are introducing a range of measures to deliver this ambition. The Leasehold Property Bill will make it easier for operators to deploy broadband in blocks of flats. We announced that we would be legislating to mandate gigabit connectivity in new build homes, and that we will be investing £5 billion in bringing gigabit broadband to the hardest to reach areas of the UK. To improve mobile coverage, we are investing £200 million into the 5G testbeds and trials programme. We have also announced the £1 billion Shared Rural Network deal with the mobile network operators to increase 4G coverage throughout the UK to 95% by the end of 2025.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 27/04/2020 16:42:55 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4438 label Biography information for Craig Williams

1176370

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	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 Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria the Government is using to define the safety critical infrastructure that will be excluded from high risk telecommunications vendors.
	tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
	tabling member printed	Bob Seely
	uin	12969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p><em></em>As set out in the oral statement of 28 January by the Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a high risk vendor is a vendor that poses greater security and resilience risks to UK telecoms. That statement also provided details of the non-exhaustive set of objective factors that were taken account of to assess a vendor as high risk. This set of factors has been further elaborated on in the National Cyber Security Centre’s advice on the use of equipment from high risk vendors in UK telecoms networks that was also published on 28 January and can be found on their website.</p><p> </p><p>The NCSC also published a summary of the security analysis for the UK telecoms sector that informed the conclusions of the Government’s Telecoms Supply Chain Review. The summary notes that sensitive networks either route or have access to sensitive information, and include those directly relating to the operation of government or any safety-related systems and in wider critical national infrastructure. The summary of NCSC’s analysis can be found at: <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/summary-of-ncsc-security-analysis-for-the-uk-telecoms-sector" target="_blank">https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/summary-of-ncsc-security-analysis-for-the-uk-telecoms-sector</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 12977 question first answered 13/02/2020 17:44:51 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1140612

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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 Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal, published by the Department for Exiting the European Union, what parts of the plan for telecoms business in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal have been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	279461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2019 answer text <p>As set out in published no-deal guidance, the Government has now made laws to ensure that the legal frameworks for telecoms regulation, radio spectrum management and mobile roaming in the EU continue to operate if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. These instruments provide certainty and continuity for telecoms businesses and consumers.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 02/09/2019 15:35:00 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

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

1439624

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2022
	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 plans her Department has for informing consumers about changes that will happen to their telephone and internet services over the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	138063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Between now and 2025, the way landlines work in the UK is changing. Providers are moving from the old Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. The PSTN is a privately-owned telecoms network and the decision to upgrade it has been taken by the telecoms industry.</p><p>As this is an industry-led migration, communications providers will contact their customers with information ahead of their line being upgraded. The exact migration process will depend on the provider and the type of equipment the customer has at their premises.</p><p>We are working together with Ofcom to ensure customers receive appropriate levels of communication and vulnerable consumers are protected. Ofcom requires that providers must engage in effective communications to ensure all vulnerable customers understand the risk in the migration to VoIP. We are also ensuring the telecoms industry is engaging with priority sectors such as Critical National Infrastructure and Telecare providers ahead of time.</p><p>Ofcom has set out initial proposals for the process for retiring the fixed copper broadband network. This is a separate process to the PSTN migration and we do not expect to see copper retirement in the next three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 14/03/2022 16:52:02 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1258123

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2020
	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 plans he has for the diversification of the fibre supply chain as part of removing Huawei from UK fibre networks.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	124751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Government is clear that market consolidation is also a prominent issue affecting the supply chain for fixed access networks. As we announced in July, we are conducting a technical consultation which will inform our approach to accelerating diversification within fixed networks. We will set out our plans to diversify the fixed access supply market after the consultation has concluded.</p><p>We continue to work closely with network operators to support the introduction of alternative suppliers as soon as possible. We have said from the start that we will seek to incentivise existing scale players to enter the market and we remain committed to that. We welcome the progress of operators who are already taking steps to bring in new scale vendors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 08/12/2020 15:05:13 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

1013157

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	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	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 has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK telecoms industry.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	195120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>In the event of a deal there should be no changes during the implementation period. Telecoms is one of the most liberalised services internationally. The UK benefits from the World Trade Organisation's General Agreement on Trade in Services which makes clear that governments and regulators should not discriminate against telecoms companies of other countries and should ensure fair and equal access to public telecoms networks and services. The UK and the EU are committed to these rules and the government therefore does not anticipate any major changes for UK companies operating in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In the unlikely event of no deal, the government has published two technical notices on telecoms. More information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-telecoms-businesses-should-do-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/what-telecoms-businesses-should-do-if-theres-no-brexit-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-telecoms-businesses-should-do-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/what-telecoms-businesses-should-do-if-theres-no-brexit-deal</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/11/2018 10:43:11 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1439622

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2022
	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 steps her Department is taking to assess Ofcom's performance against its strategic objective of delivering fair and effective competition between existing network operators and new entrants; and when her Department plans to publish its assessment of that measure.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	138061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Ofcom set out last year its Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review (‘WFTMR’) which establishes the frameworks it considers necessary to meet its duties under the Communications Act 2003, including the Statement of Strategic Priorities, to promote competition and investment in gigabit-capable networks.</p><p>The measures established under this WFTMR are now monitored through Ofcom’s Openreach Monitoring Unit.</p><p>Under the Communications Act 2003, Ofcom - rather than the government - is responsible for publishing a report of what it has done in consequence of the Statement every twelve months. The most recent report from Ofcom is on Ofcom’s <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/annual-reports-and-plans/2020-21-annual-report" target="_blank">website.</a></p><p>However, the fixed telecoms network market is as competitive as it has ever been and there are currently more than 80 providers building gigabit-capable networks across all parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 14/03/2022 16:50:49 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

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