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522030

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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 the proportion of increased coverage of mobile signal to UK premises is since the December 2014 agreement with the four mobile network operators was secured.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	38736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text Since 2014, the number of UK premises with 4G coverage has increased by 17% - to 90% in 2015. In addition, more than 99% of UK premises have mobile coverage (Ofcom 2015 Connected Nations Report, <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-data/infrastructure/connected-nations-2015/" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-data/infrastructure/connected-nations-2015/</a>). Coverage will improve further as mobile operators upgrade and extend their network to meet the licence obligations arising from the Government's December 2014 agreement requiring each operator to provide voice coverage to at least 90% of the UK's landmass by 2017.<p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/06/2016 12:59:03 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

522031

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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	Aerials: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on how many telecommunications masts have been removed in rural areas since December 2014.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	38737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Neither DCMS nor Ofcom hold consistent time series data on the number of masts used by mobile network operators. Analysys Mason's report on the Financial Impact of Electronic Communications Code Changes, published 17 May 2016, estimated there were currently 33,000 physical sites hosting mobile communications across the UK, consisting of mobile towers or rooftops.</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-publishes-proposals-for-a-new-electronic-communications-code" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-publishes-proposals-for-a-new-electronic-communications-code</a></em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 38711 38745 38746 question first answered 08/06/2016 12:56:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

522034

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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, how many telecommunications masts were in operation in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	38745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Neither DCMS nor Ofcom hold consistent time series data on the number of masts used by mobile network operators. Analysys Mason's report on the Financial Impact of Electronic Communications Code Changes, published 17 May 2016, estimated there were currently 33,000 physical sites hosting mobile communications across the UK, consisting of mobile towers or rooftops.</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-publishes-proposals-for-a-new-electronic-communications-code" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-publishes-proposals-for-a-new-electronic-communications-code</a></em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 38711 38737 38746 question first answered 08/06/2016 12:56:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

522035

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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: Rural Areas
	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 telecommunications masts were in operation in rural areas in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	38746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Neither DCMS nor Ofcom hold consistent time series data on the number of masts used by mobile network operators. Analysys Mason's report on the Financial Impact of Electronic Communications Code Changes, published 17 May 2016, estimated there were currently 33,000 physical sites hosting mobile communications across the UK, consisting of mobile towers or rooftops.</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-publishes-proposals-for-a-new-electronic-communications-code" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-publishes-proposals-for-a-new-electronic-communications-code</a></em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 38711 38737 38745 question first answered 08/06/2016 12:56:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

522041

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2016
	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	Aerials: Rural Areas
	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 new telecommunications masts have been erected in rural areas since the agreement with the four mobile network operators in December 2014 guaranteeing voice and text coverage from each operator across 90 per cent of the UK by 2017.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	38711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Neither DCMS nor Ofcom hold consistent time series data on the number of masts used by mobile network operators. Analysys Mason's report on the Financial Impact of Electronic Communications Code Changes, published 17 May 2016, estimated there were currently 33,000 physical sites hosting mobile communications across the UK, consisting of mobile towers or rooftops.</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-publishes-proposals-for-a-new-electronic-communications-code" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-publishes-proposals-for-a-new-electronic-communications-code</a></em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 38737 38745 38746 question first answered 08/06/2016 12:56:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy