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851519

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Broadband: Rural Areas
	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 the Government is taking to increase access to full fibre-to-the-property broadband in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>We have taken a range of actions to support full fibre connectivity across the UK, including in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spring 2017 Budget, £200m of funding was allocated to the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme. This includes a £190m Challenge Fund designed to stimulate commercial investment in full fibre networks in both rural and urban locations across the UK and a market trial of the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>£400 million of public funding has also been made available for fibre connectivity through the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund, that will unlock approximately £1 billion of private investment.</p><p> </p><p>DEFRA has also allocated £30 million of grant funding from the Rural Development Programme for England, targeted at helping to connect businesses with broadband in hard to reach rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond this, the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review will assess what further changes could be made to create the competitive conditions to encourage the long term investment needed to deliver the next generation of digital infrastructure in different areas of the UK, including hard-to-reach rural areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/03/2018 11:19:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851513

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Broadband: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has invested in the roll-out of superfast broadband in the South West.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>To date, the Department has committed £120,942,744 to support broadband roll-out in the South West. 586,900 premises have been given superfast coverage so far as a result of this funding. 93% of premises in the South West region now have access to superfast broadband - up from 42% in 2010. Gainshare funding for the region as a result of take-up which is higher than originally expected is likely to be at least £65 million. This will be available to support further investment.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/03/2018 13:38:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851635

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Thornbury and Yate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of unemployment in the Thornbury and Yate constituency since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 5,700 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of unemployment was estimated at 6,200. This rise was not statistically significant.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Labour Force Survey shows that since the 2010 General Election (the quarter to April 2010), the level and rate of unemployment has fallen in every region and country of the UK. The level of unemployment in the South West currently stands at 107,000 (the quarter to December 2017) – down by 51,000 since the 2010 election.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The level of unemployment in Thornbury and Yate was estimated at 1,400 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison with the 2010 estimate of 2,000.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 130399 130400 question first answered 08/03/2018 16:33:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851636

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: South Gloucestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she made of trends in the level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 5,700 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of unemployment was estimated at 6,200. This rise was not statistically significant.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Labour Force Survey shows that since the 2010 General Election (the quarter to April 2010), the level and rate of unemployment has fallen in every region and country of the UK. The level of unemployment in the South West currently stands at 107,000 (the quarter to December 2017) – down by 51,000 since the 2010 election.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The level of unemployment in Thornbury and Yate was estimated at 1,400 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison with the 2010 estimate of 2,000.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 130398 130400 question first answered 08/03/2018 16:33:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851637

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of unemployment in the South West since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 5,700 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of unemployment was estimated at 6,200. This rise was not statistically significant.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Labour Force Survey shows that since the 2010 General Election (the quarter to April 2010), the level and rate of unemployment has fallen in every region and country of the UK. The level of unemployment in the South West currently stands at 107,000 (the quarter to December 2017) – down by 51,000 since the 2010 election.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The level of unemployment in Thornbury and Yate was estimated at 1,400 in the year to September 2017. This figure is subject to a high degree of statistical uncertainty due to very small sample sizes. This means we cannot make a reliable comparison with the 2010 estimate of 2,000.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 130398 130399 question first answered 08/03/2018 16:33:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851638

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Thornbury and Yate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of female unemployment in the Thornbury and Yate constituency since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 2,200 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of female unemployment was 2,500. This rise was not statistically significant.</p><p> </p><p>The level of female unemployment in the South West, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stands at 59,000 in the quarter to December 2017 – down from 66,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The female employment rate is 70.8% - a joint record high – and there are now over 15 million women employed in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of female unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 130402 130403 question first answered 08/03/2018 16:33:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851639

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: South Gloucestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of trends in the level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 2,200 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of female unemployment was 2,500. This rise was not statistically significant.</p><p> </p><p>The level of female unemployment in the South West, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stands at 59,000 in the quarter to December 2017 – down from 66,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The female employment rate is 70.8% - a joint record high – and there are now over 15 million women employed in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of female unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 130401 130403 question first answered 08/03/2018 16:33:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851640

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of female unemployment in the South West since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The level of female unemployment in South Gloucestershire, estimated using the Annual Population Survey, was 2,200 for the year to September 2010. For the latest period (the year to September 2017) the level of female unemployment was 2,500. This rise was not statistically significant.</p><p> </p><p>The level of female unemployment in the South West, estimated using the Labour Force Survey, stands at 59,000 in the quarter to December 2017 – down from 66,000 before the 2010 election (the quarter to April 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The female employment rate is 70.8% - a joint record high – and there are now over 15 million women employed in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p> </p><p>The sub-regional data is estimated by the ONS, using the Annual Population Survey.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for Thornbury and Yate constituency is not available because the level of female unemployment in Thornbury and Yate constituency was unpublished due to very small disclosive sample sizes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 130401 130402 question first answered 08/03/2018 16:33:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851514

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Broadband: South Gloucestershire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much the Government has invested in the roll-out of superfast broadband in South Gloucestershire.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has provided funding of £1.87 million from the Superfast Broadband Programme and a further £1.5 million from the South West Ultrafast Fund to support broadband coverage in South Gloucestershire. 17,014 premises have been given superfast coverage so far as a result of this funding. 96% of premises in the South Gloucestershire now have access to superfast broadband - up from 74% in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/03/2018 13:39:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

851520

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Broadband
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that internet service providers supply customers with the internet speeds that they have advertised.
	tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
	tabling member printed	Luke Hall
	uin	130283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>On 1 March 2018, Ofcom announced a strengthening of their codes of practice on better broadband speeds information. Under the new requirements, providers will have to give customers, at the point of sale, a minimum guaranteed speed and more realistic speed estimates at peak times. If a customer's broadband speed falls below the minimum guaranteed speed, the provider will have a month to improve speed, after which customers will have the right to exit their contract without paying a penalty. The right to exit will also apply, for the first time, to landline and TV packages purchased with the broadband services. The new requirements will apply from 1 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom’s announcement follows the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) announcement in November last year that numerical speed claims should be based on the download speed available to at least 50% of customers at peak time and described as “average”. The previous position was that advertised “up to” speeds should be available to at least 10% of customers. The ASA’s guidance will take effect on 23 May 2018 after a six-month implementation period, and will apply to residential broadband services.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/03/2018 11:20:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall