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1148106

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 10:40:38
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 10:45:22 03/10/2019 13:51:02
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	912547
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/10/2019 13:20:01
	question text	What recent steps she has taken to increase the (a) strength and (b) reliability of mobile phone signals in Scotland.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 912547
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	912547
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government wants the UK to have high-quality mobile coverage where people live, work and travel, including Scotland, and we are committed to extending geographic mobile coverage to 95% of the UK.</p><p>There is currently 77% 4G geographic coverage from at least one Mobile Network Operator for the Stirling Local Authority area, up from 49% in June 2017. We are in discussions with the Mobile Network Operators about their proposal for a Shared Rural Network to improve coverage. We will consider all options.</p><p>I also welcome Ofcom’s proposal for their forthcoming spectrum auction, which aims to deliver two operators to 90% geographic mobile coverage.</p> question first answered 03/10/2019 13:20:01 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr written parliamentary question 1148106
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4604

1148104

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 10:40:31
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 10:45:16 03/10/2019 13:54:03
	hansard heading	Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	identifier	912544
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/10/2019 13:23:00
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to increase (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 912544
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	912544
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government is committed to nationwide rollout of future proof, gigabit-capable broadband as soon as possible. Improving mobile coverage in rural areas is also a priority. We are committed to extending geographic mobile coverage to 95% of the UK and we are considering all of the options available to facilitate this.</p> question first answered 03/10/2019 13:23:00 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham written parliamentary question 1148104
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1441

1147675

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 13:24:59
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	02/10/2019 13:25:08 03/10/2019 13:29:02
	hansard heading	Internet: Disinformation
	house id	1
	identifier	912540
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	03/10/2019 12:57:23
	question text	What recent steps she has taken to tackle fake news and disinformation online.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 912540
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	912540
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my answer to the question raised by the hon member for Paisley &amp; Renfrewshire today at oral questions</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> question first answered 03/10/2019 12:57:23 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1148164

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:58:12
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 17:07:17 08/10/2019 17:11:04
	hansard heading	Twitter: Disinformation
	house id	1
	identifier	294109
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 16:39:39
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department is having with Twitter on tackling fake Twitter accounts.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294109
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294109
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> question first answered 08/10/2019 16:39:39 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1148163

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 16:58:09
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 17:07:15 08/10/2019 11:33:08
	hansard heading	Internet: Disinformation
	house id	1
	identifier	294108
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 11:01:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the circulation of fake content online.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294108
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294108
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper set out the Government's plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to establish a new statutory duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator, to ensure companies have appropriate processes in place to deal with harmful content on their service, and keep their users safe. Disinformation is one of the harms proposed to be in scope of the regulator.</p><p> </p><p>The White Paper also set out a commitment for Government to develop a new online Media Literacy Strategy. The strategy will help citizens to think critically about the content that they are consuming, and to better identify disinformation online.</p> question first answered 08/10/2019 11:01:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1148249

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/10/2019
	date	03/10/2019
	date tabled	03/10/2019
	ddp created	03/10/2019 17:02:22
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 17:10:38 08/10/2019 11:33:05
	hansard heading	Media: Regulation
	house id	1
	identifier	294099
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	08/10/2019 11:02:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will include regulation of news publishers in her legislative proposals on online harms.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 294099
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	294099
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online, and to better protect the rights and wellbeing of users online. It will make companies more responsible for their users' safety online, especially children and other vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>A vibrant, independent, pluralistic and free press is essential to our democracy. As set out in the former Secretary of State's letter to the Society of Editors, the White Paper's proposals do not impact journalistic and editorial content and will not interfere with the current approach to press regulation.</p><p> </p> question first answered 08/10/2019 11:02:23 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly written parliamentary question 1148249
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436

1147840

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	02/10/2019
	date tabled	02/10/2019
	ddp created	02/10/2019 19:00:57
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	03/10/2019 14:05:19 07/10/2019 13:15:04
	hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
	house id	1
	identifier	293531
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 12:43:17
	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 Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on shared intelligence from the US Government on Huawei's proposed role in developing the UK's 5G network.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293531
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293531
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>DCMS Ministers have regular discussions with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on a range of cyber security topics, including in relation to the UK’s telecommunications networks.</p><p> </p><p>Widespread deployment of 5G and full fibre networks is a primary objective of Government policy. The Government published the Telecoms Supply Chain Review in July, which recommended the introduction of a new framework for telecoms security based on evidence and a hard-headed assessment of the risks. The Government has not yet made a final decision on individual high risk vendors and the additional controls that will be applied to them.</p> question first answered 07/10/2019 12:43:17 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1147536

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	01/10/2019
	date tabled	01/10/2019
	ddp created	01/10/2019 17:31:29
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	01/10/2019 17:40:46 07/10/2019 12:46:02
	hansard heading	5G: Brecon and Radnorshire
	house id	1
	identifier	293005
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 12:45:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date she plans to start the roll-out of 5G in Brecon and Radnorshire constituency.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
	tabling member printed	Jane Dodds
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 293005
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	293005
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to becoming a world leader in 5G, and to provide access to a 5G signal for the majority of the population by 2027. The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review set out the Government’s plan to create the right conditions for the deployment of 5G across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the vast majority of commercial rollout of 5G services will be delivered by industry, according to their own timeframes. All four Mobile Network Operators have confirmed plans to launch 5G services this year and will extend coverage to 50 towns and cities by the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to ensuring that world-class connectivity is provided across the UK, wherever people live, work and travel. Good 4G mobile coverage will be central in laying the foundation for 5G rollout across the entire country.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also taking action to build the business case for 5G by investing in a nationally coordinated testbed and trials programme. As part of this programme Government is testing 5G use cases across a range of sectors including in rural settings.</p> question first answered 07/10/2019 12:45:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	4718 label Biography information for Jane Dodds written parliamentary question 1147536
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4718

1147482

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	01/10/2019
	date tabled	01/10/2019
	ddp created	01/10/2019 17:29:05
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	01/10/2019 17:38:38 07/10/2019 13:13:03
	hansard heading	Huawei: 5G
	house id	1
	identifier	292999
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 12:41:48
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the previous Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport of 22 July 2019, Official Report, column 1135, on the Telecoms Supply Chain Review, whether her Department has set a timetable for the decision on what involvement Huawei should have in the provision of the UK’s 5G network.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 292999
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	292999
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Decisions on additional controls relating to any supply chain company that poses significant security and resilience risks to UK telecoms are still under consideration. This is to allow the implications of the US entity listing on the telecoms market as a whole to be taken into account. These decisions will be announced in due course.</p> question first answered 07/10/2019 12:41:48 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1147452

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/10/2019
	date	01/10/2019
	date tabled	01/10/2019
	ddp created	01/10/2019 17:27:46
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	01/10/2019 17:37:24 07/10/2019 13:12:06
	hansard heading	Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund
	house id	1
	identifier	292998
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/10/2019 12:40:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2019 to Question 291081 on Cybercrime: Skilled Workers, for what reason the Answer did not include information on whether a target has been set for the number of people to be assisted by the third round of funding from the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 292998
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	292998
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The third round of the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund closed for applications on 27 September. The department will review the bids received before considering appropriate targets and performance indicators for the third round of funding.</p><p> </p><p>The Fund is designed to increase the number and diversity of individuals pursuing a career in the cyber security profession, through supporting and encouraging a sector-led approach to stimulating a sustainable cyber security retraining ecosystem.</p><p> </p> question first answered 07/10/2019 12:40:34 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	creator	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt