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1024723

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make (a) mobile and (b) landline non-emergency 101 phone calls free of charge.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	202157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Calls to 101 cost 15p from a mobile device or landline phones, from anywhere in the country and regardless of duration. Calls are free from payphones.</p><p>The public have always paid to contact the police by telephone for non-emergencies and the 15p charge per call is a transparent rate that fully funds the 101 non-emergency service. Police non-emergency numbers (such as 0845 numbers) which were used before 2011 could cost members of the public up to 40p per minute. While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites.</p><p>The Home Office has no plans to bring forward legislation to remove current charges from the 101 non-emergency number.</p><p>The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 16:13:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1126552

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Dual Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to ensure that dual nationals have to submit only UK documents when applying to renew their British passport.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	254261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to amend the policy to limit document requirements to UK documents only for dual nationals. HM Passport Office does seek to minimise documentary requirements for renewal applications but there are circumstances where additional information is needed which may include overseas documents or those relating to dual nationality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/05/2019 10:36:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

838031

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the cost of postal passport applications the same cost as for online applications.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	127060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>When considering passport fees, Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HMPO) adheres to HM Treasury guidance, Managing Public Money, which states that fees should be set at levels to recover the full cost of providing the service and that generally no one set of customers should subsidise the cost for other customers.</p><p>In making the new passport fee proposals HMPO carefully assessed the costs of providing each of the services provided and the proposals do reflect the fact that processing online applications is significantly cheaper than those associated with handling postal paper applications. In line with the Treasury Guidance HMPO will review fee levels annually to ensure all fees are set appropriately including costs relating to postal and online applications.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/02/2018 14:44:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

921936

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the timetable is for further steps to be taken in relation to that Bill.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	152267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>On 8 March we launched a 12 week public consultation on proposals for a landmark domestic abuse Bill and a supporting package of practical action to transform the response to domestic abuse. The consultation closed on 31 May. Over 3,200 responses to the consultation were received. The responses to the consultation are being considered and a draft Bill will be published later this session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/06/2018 16:22:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1123980

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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	Television Licences: Enforcement
	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 he is taking to ensure that cable and satellite TV companies to share their subscription information with TV Licensing to improve the investigation and enforcement process as set out in section 5 of the TV licence free enforcement review.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	249353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The government expects the BBC to collect the licence fee in an efficient and proportionate way to reduce costs and evasion. We continue to explore the feasibility of subscription data sharing.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/05/2019 15:04:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

760335

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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 Technology
	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 she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the digital and tech industries.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	900846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Ensuring that the UK's digital and technology sectors remain strong and at the forefront of international innovation and enterprise are priorities for this Government</p><p><br> Since the 2016 referendum, we have carried out extensive and diverse engagement with hundreds of businesses of all sizes across the UK on the potential implications of our withdrawal from the EU, alongside extensive wider analysis and engagement.</p><p> </p><p>Investment continues to flow into the UK’s tech businesses as they go from strength to strength. Only yesterday, FinTech start-up Neyber received a huge £100m boost.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2017 16:59:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

850940

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	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, on what date he expects Wave 3 of the Local Full Fibre Network Challenge Fund to open for applications.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	130149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Wave 2 of the Challenge Fund closed to applications on 26th January 2018. We expect to notify applicants about the successful applications in March 2018 and we anticipate that the next wave of the Challenge Fund will open to applications in the summer of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/03/2018 10:51:44 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1128618

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether she plans to launch a competition for SKYNET 6 Enduring Capability.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	257805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department's default is competition, and this is the case for the SKYNET 6 Enduring Capability project. The SKYNET 6 team continually reinforces this message directly with industry through conferences, industry briefing days and in regular 1-2-1 meetings with key industrial partners.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/06/2019 13:06:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1128619

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated cost is of SKYNET 6.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	257806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The estimated costs for the entire programme, out to the 2040s, is £7 billion.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/06/2019 15:12:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1128620

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Skynet: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps her Department is taking to include SMEs in the SKYNET programme.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	257807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is following the Small to Medium Enterprise principles outlined in the National Security Through Technology 2012 white paper. The SKYNET 6 Programme is taking a very proactive approach to incentivise and incorporate SMEs across the whole programme.</p><p>The current SKYNET 5 programme already exceeds the 25% SME target which provides a strong foundation for the SKYNET 6 programme.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 05/06/2019 15:05:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield