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registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 many superfast fixed broadband lines there were in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency in the latest year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	57291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Utilising Ofcom’s Connected Nations Data (Spring 2020), the constituency of Linlithgow and East Falkirk has 53,846 fixed broadband lines with speeds above 30Mbps available. This represents 95.7% of all premises within the constituency. It also shows that whilst that figure represents availability of at least 30Mbps, the average download speed is actually 62.1Mbps.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/06/2020 14:27:13 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1200777

registered interest
date	05/06/2020
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	Internet: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 estimate the Government has made of the number of people in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency who do not have access to the internet.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	55086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The House of Commons Library produces an analysis of Ofcom Connected Nations data at constituency level: <a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/science/technology/constituency-data-broadband-coverage-and-speeds/" target="_blank">https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/science/technology/constituency-data-broadband-coverage-and-speeds/</a>. For the constituency of Linlithgow and East Falkirk it shows that:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>91% of the constituency is classified as urban and 9% is rural.</p></li><li><p>Within urban areas, 0.2% of premises are unable to receive decent broadband whilst 97% can receive superfast broadband.</p></li><li><p>Within the rural areas, 10% of premises are unable to receive decent broadband whilst 83% can receive superfast broadband.</p></li><li><p>Decent broadband is classified by Ofcom as at least 10Mbps.</p></li><li><p>Superfast broadband is classified by Ofcom as at least 30Mbps.</p></li><li><p>The three areas with the poorest connectivity are Braes Villages, Carse &amp; Grangemouth Old Town and Linlithgow South.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Scottish Government is running the Reaching 100 (R100) programme to ensure that all premises in Scotland can access at least superfast speeds. In lieu of that, DCMS operates the UK-wide Rural Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme which provides up to £1,500 for rural homes and up to £3,500 for rural small businesses/sole traders to contribute towards the cost of installing gigabit-capable connectivity. Furthermore, premises currently unable to receive at least 10Mbps could potentially qualify for the Universal Service Obligation (USO) which Ofcom launched in March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 16/06/2020 15:24:19 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1200778

registered interest
date	05/06/2020
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	Digital Technology: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 promote digital inclusion in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency (a) in general and (b) for hard to reach groups who have never accessed online content.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	55087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Skills policy, including digital inclusion is a devolved matter. This is something that Scottish Ministers should be able to provide more information on.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/06/2020 14:16:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199937

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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	Literature: Irish Language and Welsh Language
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 his Department is taking to promote Gaelic and Welsh language literature in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	54174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Culture is a devolved matter so promoting Gaelic and Welsh language literature in the UK is a matter for the relevant devolved administration.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>DCMS does, however, work to support minority languages through its work on the creative industries strand of the British Irish Council. This includes working with devolved administrations to support minority languages, to share best practice, and to nurture more diverse UK audiences, including through minority language publications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/06/2020 14:07:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day