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1190397

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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	Shared Rural Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress his Department has made on delivering the Shared Rural Network.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Sarah Atherton
uin	901875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government announced on 9 March that it had agreed a £1 billion deal with the mobile network operators to deliver the Shared Rural Network. This will see operators collectively increase mobile phone coverage throughout the UK to 95% by end-2025, underpinned by legally binding coverage commitments. The site deployment plans will be managed by the operators themselves to best deliver the agreed coverage outcomes by the licence obligation enforcement date.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 27/04/2020 16:43:39 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4855 label Biography information for Sarah Atherton

1190400

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure the effective delivery of broadband and telecommunications.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Craig Williams
uin	901884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text The Government wants to deliver nationwide coverage of gigabit capable broadband as soon as possible.<p><br>We are introducing a range of measures to deliver this ambition. The Leasehold Property Bill will make it easier for operators to deploy broadband in blocks of flats. We announced that we would be legislating to mandate gigabit connectivity in new build homes, and that we will be investing £5 billion in bringing gigabit broadband to the hardest to reach areas of the UK. To improve mobile coverage, we are investing £200 million into the 5G testbeds and trials programme. We have also announced the £1 billion Shared Rural Network deal with the mobile network operators to increase 4G coverage throughout the UK to 95% by the end of 2025.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 27/04/2020 16:42:55 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4438 label Biography information for Craig Williams

1190541

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 has taken to assist people who use pay as you go data and calls packages and who face increased costs for those services as a result of the covid-19 outbreak and the closure of face-to-face services.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	40606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, my Department has agreed a package of measures with the UK’s major fixed and mobile providers to protect vulnerable consumers, and those who may become vulnerable due to circumstances arising from Covid-19.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In relation to mobile services, all the signatory providers have agreed to offer new packages to support vulnerable consumers, including free data boosts and free calls from mobiles, and to support their customers in financial difficulties.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-agrees-measures-with-telecoms-companies-to-support-vulnerable-consumers-through-covid-19" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-agrees-measures-with-telecoms-companies-to-support-vulnerable-consumers-through-covid-19</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 04/05/2020 11:07:41 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1190589

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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 proportion of deployed (a) full fibre and (b) 5G networks include the involvement of a vendor designated as high-risk.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	40602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2020 answer text <p>The Telecoms Supply Chain Review report (published July 2019) set out estimates of Huawei’s market share in the UK. The Review estimated Huawei’s presence in the 4G mobile access network market at c.35% and 45% in the full fibre (FTTP) fixed access market.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 07/05/2020 15:19:51 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1190590

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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	5G
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 proportion of (a) current and (b) planned 5G networks are (i) safety-related and (ii) safety-critical networks in Critical National Infrastructure and (iii) security-critical network functions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	40603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>It is not possible to quantify the proportion of current and planned 5G networks that are safety-related, safety-critical networks and security-critical network functions.</p><p>Safety-related and safety-critical networks in non-telecoms Critical National Infrastructure do not relate to public 5G networks.</p><p>Security-critical network functions in the 5G network relate to the sensitive ‘core’ of the mobile network. As no public networks have deployed a 5G core, it is not possible to calculate what proportion of the current 5G networks are covered by the ‘core’. Commercial decisions on the design and make-up of future 5G networks rests with the individual operators. It is therefore not possible to calculate what proportion of planned 5G networks are covered by the ‘core’.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/06/2020 11:12:27 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah