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1343465

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date	05/07/2021
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	Telecoms Diversification Task Force
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Telecoms Diversification Taskforce Report on 20 April, whether the taskforce now been disbanded; and if not, what role and responsibilities the Taskforce now has.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>The Telecoms Diversification Taskforce has completed its work and submitted its independent recommendations to the Government in April. The Taskforce will now transition to become the permanent Telecoms Supply Chain Diversification Advisory Council with Simon Blagden CBE as the new chair; as announced in the Government’s response to the recommendations published on 2 July. Many of the Taskforce members will continue to provide advice as part of the Advisory Council.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Advisory Council will play a key role in overseeing and offering scrutiny to the delivery of the 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy. We will also draw on the expertise of the Advisory Council for wider telecoms supply chain diversification issues beyond the RAN (Radio Access Network).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 09/07/2021 12:52:28 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1343466

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Ofcom: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much additional funding will be provided to Ofcom to support the costs of monitoring and compliance with the new powers for that body in the Telecommunications Security Bill.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>Ofcom's budget for telecoms security this financial year has been increased by £4.6 million, to reflect its enhanced security role under the Telecommunications (Security) Bill. This is in addition to its current security budget of £2 million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/07/2021 15:15:20 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1343467

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the updated Cyber Strategy will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>The Integrated Review published in March set a goal of cementing the UK’s position as a leading responsible and democratic cyber power, and committed to launching a new comprehensive cyber strategy in 2021 to implement this vision. The strategy will set out how we will build up the UK’s cyber resilience; deter our adversaries; and influence tomorrow’s technologies so they are safe, secure and open. Work is well underway to develop the new strategy, and the government plans to continue engaging with partners before publishing it later this year and aligning with funding decisions in the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 14/07/2021 16:34:11 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1343468

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Telecommunications: China and Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many companies in the UK telecommunications sector are estimated to be majority owned by Russian or Chinese entities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>The telecommunications sector includes tens of thousands of companies, including telecommunications providers, equipment providers and service providers in the supply chain. The Government does not monitor the nationality of the owners of each of these on a routine basis.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK economy thrives, in part, as a result of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the Government therefore strives to be the premier destination for investment in the world. However, an open approach to international investment must include appropriate safeguards to protect our national security and the safety of our citizens. The new National Security &amp; Investment Act introduces a new regime for reviewing and intervening in business transactions, such as takeovers, that might raise national security concerns.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has also recently introduced the Telecommunications (Security) Bill to establish an enhanced legislative framework for telecoms security, which includes new national security powers for the Secretary of State to manage the risks posed by high risk vendors.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 15/07/2021 11:42:50 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1343469

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	National Security and Investment Act 2021
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the final communications sectoral definition under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government will publish the draft notifiable acquisition regulations as part of the ​implementation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 in due course. This will include descriptions of the proposed ​acquisitions in the communications sector which must be notified to my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/07/2021 13:53:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1343470

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
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	Huawei: Telecommunications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total cost of removing Huawei from the telecommunications network by 2027.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State set out in his statement to the House of Commons on 14 July 2020, we estimate that implementation of the advice to remove Huawei 5G equipment from the UK’s telecom network will cost up to two billion pounds.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The estimated cost breakdown is set out in the impact assessment published for the Telecommunications (Security) Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 12/07/2021 15:15:39 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron