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806490

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	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	Information Commissioner's Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Information Commissioner's Office will continue to be a member of the Article 29 Working Party after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	119566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text The exact role of the ICO in the EU post exit will be a matter for negotiations. On 24 August the Government published a future partnership paper on how to ensure the continued protection and exchange of personal data between the EU and the UK in light of the UK’s withdrawal from, and new partnership with, the EU. answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/12/2017 11:18:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

982638

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Mobile Phones: Aerials
	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 comparative assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the maximum permissible height of mobile masts in the UK and other European countries.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	175832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>All proposals for new mobile phone masts require planning permission, either through nationally set permitted development rights or through a planning application to the local planning authority.</p><p> </p><p>In England mobile phone operators are able to install new ground-based masts of up to 25 metres in non-protected areas, and up to 20 metres in protected areas, under permitted development rights. For higher ground based masts a full application for planning permission will be required.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/10/2018 15:07:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1134562

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2019
	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	Internet: Safety
	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 implications for the aims of the Online Harms White Paper of the adoption of new technical standards to bypass the blocking of online content; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	268954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Online Harms White Paper, the Government will establish a new statutory duty of care to make companies take more responsibility for the safety of their users. Compliance with this duty of care will be overseen and enforced by an independent regulator. We are currently consulting on which enforcement powers the regulator should have at its disposal to ensure it can take effective action against companies that breach their legal duty. Alongside this consultation, we continue to work with industry to understand the implications of the changing technologies and to promote approaches that work for the good of all.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/07/2019 14:00:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1037937

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	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 information his Department holds on the amount BT has paid in direct capital contributions to local authorities in relation to each of its 44 BDUK-approved projects.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	206211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>BT contracted over £388 million to deliver Superfast broadband within the 44 BDUK approved phase one projects. A number of these contracts are still in delivery and expected to generate efficiency savings. The amount the supplier has to contribute will not diminish from the contracted value.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/01/2019 12:25:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1156172

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	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	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 assessment she has made of the potential contribution of (a) FTTP, (b) DOCSIS, (c) xDSL and (d) G.fast technology in supporting (i) smart city applications, (ii) fourth industrial revolution innovations and (iii) 5G backhaul.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	4913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Copper based ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber lines), FTTC (fibre to the cabinet), and G.fast cannot provide gigabit speeds, although performance between these services varies. ADSL is capable of delivering maximum download speeds of 24Mbps, compared to FTTC (VDSL/virtual digital subscriber line) which can deliver download speeds of up to 80Mbps and G.fast which is currently capable of providing speeds of up to 330Mbps. However, with all these services, the speed achievable declines with distance, with the highest speeds only available to premises closest to the cabinet.</p><p> </p><p>FTTP (fibre to the premises or full fibre) and DOCSIS (data over cable service interface specification) 3.1 are both capable of gigabit download speeds. However, unlike DOCSIS 3.1, FTTP can also offer symmetrical upload speeds, and can therefore deliver gigabit upload as well as download. High upload speeds are especially important to businesses in sectors where large files need to be transferred e.g. media production, as well as for certain domestic uses, such as online gaming.</p><p> </p><p>All gigabit capable networks also offer increased reliability and resilience compared to copper, with FTTP providing the most reliable and resilient service. As well as improved quality of service, full fibre networks requires much lower maintenance compared to copper networks, with five times fewer faults. The reduction in fault rate means FTTP networks are cheaper to run than copper, and the National Infrastructure Assessment estimated that this could save £5bn in operating costs over 30 years.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not made specific assessments of the differences in energy efficiency. However, FTTP has lower energy requirements than copper and cable technologies and requires the use of fewer exchanges, and will therefore likely lead to reduced emissions for similar bandwidths.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is investing £167m into Made Smarter, the UK’s key industrial digitalisation programme, to put UK at forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Fibre is a key requirement for 5G networks, providing high speed and capacity mobile backhaul to match the capacity of 5G mobile networks. It is important that mobile operators and infrastructure providers have access to the key inputs for network densification, including sufficient fibre backhaul capacity.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 4914 question first answered 29/10/2019 17:12:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1156173

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	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	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 assessment she has made of the differences in (a) speed, (b) reliability and (c) energy efficiency of (i) FTTP, (ii) FTTC, (iii) DOCSIS, (iv) xDSL and (v) G.fast technology.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	4914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Copper based ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber lines), FTTC (fibre to the cabinet), and G.fast cannot provide gigabit speeds, although performance between these services varies. ADSL is capable of delivering maximum download speeds of 24Mbps, compared to FTTC (VDSL/virtual digital subscriber line) which can deliver download speeds of up to 80Mbps and G.fast which is currently capable of providing speeds of up to 330Mbps. However, with all these services, the speed achievable declines with distance, with the highest speeds only available to premises closest to the cabinet.</p><p> </p><p>FTTP (fibre to the premises or full fibre) and DOCSIS (data over cable service interface specification) 3.1 are both capable of gigabit download speeds. However, unlike DOCSIS 3.1, FTTP can also offer symmetrical upload speeds, and can therefore deliver gigabit upload as well as download. High upload speeds are especially important to businesses in sectors where large files need to be transferred e.g. media production, as well as for certain domestic uses, such as online gaming.</p><p> </p><p>All gigabit capable networks also offer increased reliability and resilience compared to copper, with FTTP providing the most reliable and resilient service. As well as improved quality of service, full fibre networks requires much lower maintenance compared to copper networks, with five times fewer faults. The reduction in fault rate means FTTP networks are cheaper to run than copper, and the National Infrastructure Assessment estimated that this could save £5bn in operating costs over 30 years.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not made specific assessments of the differences in energy efficiency. However, FTTP has lower energy requirements than copper and cable technologies and requires the use of fewer exchanges, and will therefore likely lead to reduced emissions for similar bandwidths.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is investing £167m into Made Smarter, the UK’s key industrial digitalisation programme, to put UK at forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Fibre is a key requirement for 5G networks, providing high speed and capacity mobile backhaul to match the capacity of 5G mobile networks. It is important that mobile operators and infrastructure providers have access to the key inputs for network densification, including sufficient fibre backhaul capacity.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 4913 question first answered 29/10/2019 17:12:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

988894

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2018 to Question 172405 on Broadband, when he plans to discuss with BT and Ofcom how transparency measures might be introduced.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	180084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Discussions with Openreach and Ofcom about greater transparency of build plans have started and are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/10/2018 12:14:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1274051

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	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	Internet: Advertising
	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 to tackle the proliferation of online financial scam adverts; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	133620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Fraudulent online financial advertising is illegal. Action Fraud, the national police centre for fraud and the Financial Conduct Authority as the financial regulator regularly investigate potential frauds.</p><p> </p><p>Through DCMS's Online Advertising Programme (OAP) we are developing solutions that address harms in relation to general online advertising content and standards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/01/2021 12:48:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

754562

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012
	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 recent assessment she has made of the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	6722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Government has published reports on the legacy from London 2012, with the most recent of these in August 2016. This showed that the Games generated over £14.2bn in economic trade and investment benefits, that Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London is thriving and that the country continues to keep the spirit of London 2012 alive through community and arts initiatives established during the Games. The outstanding performances of Team GB and ParalympicsGB at Rio 2016, with both teams finishing second in their respective medal tables, shows that the public investment in elite sport developed in the run-up to 2012 and sustained since has paid dividends. The government's sport strategy, Sporting Future, aims to build on the success of London 2012 and make our country more active, with a sustainable and responsible sport sector, whilst continuing to excel on the world stage.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 07/09/2017 16:51:37 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

816698

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	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	Gaming Machines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of Sate for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate the Government has made of the fiscal impact of each of the four options for reducing the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals set out in its consultation on maximum stakes for such terminals published on 31 October 2017.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	121125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon member to the answer to PQ 115452 on 28 November 2017 .</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/01/2018 14:20:20 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms