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999237

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Signal Blocking Devices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will introduce legislative proposals to make it an offence to (a) own and (b) supply GPS jammers.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	186176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Ofcom is the independent communications regulator responsible to parliament with functions and duties for protecting and managing the radio spectrum. Making jammers available is illegal. Provisions in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2016 also make it illegal to use a jammer, but possession of jammers is not currently illegal.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/11/2018 12:11:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

999262

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Distributed Ledger 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, when he plans to announce which projects will be run by DLT Field Labs to test the potential of distributed ledger technologies.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	186288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>As was announced at Budget 2018, the Digital Catapult will test the potential of their Field Labs concept, a small experimental trial of Distributed Ledger Technology, working with businesses, investors, and regulators, in a range of areas. We anticipate the first Field Labs will focus on the construction sector and the management of goods in ports.</p><p>The Digital Catapult, while receiving significant long-term funding from the government, is an independent private sector entity. The specific arrangements of the Field Labs, including their participants, focuses, and timing, are therefore a commercial and private decision for the management of the Digital Catapult to take, and we expect it to set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/11/2018 12:04:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

999266

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Cultural Relations
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 cultural diplomacy.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	186440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>We are taking a number of steps to promote cultural diplomacy, working very closely with FCO, the British Council and DIT to ensure that culture is fully integrated into the UK’s diplomatic activities, both at home and in our embassies around the world.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the GREAT campaign, annual Seasons of Culture, formal cultural agreements with other governments, the Cultural Protection Fund and UNESCO cultural conventions. Ministers also undertake regular international visits and hold frequent dialogues with foreign counterparts to strengthen our cultural diplomacy with key partner countries.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS is a leading contributor to the government’s forthcoming Soft Power Strategy, of which culture will be a core part.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/11/2018 12:07:02 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

999303

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: 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, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to the UK leaving the EU since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	186198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>DCMS spend on consultancy fees for work relating to EU Exit totals £1.2m since July 2016. The suppliers of this work are PricewaterhouseCoopers and ICF Consultancy, as well as individual contractors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2018 09:45:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

999320

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Festival of Britain: Finance
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 announced Festival of Britain is not money re-allocated from existing budgets.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	186399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>£120 million of new funding is allocated to the Festival.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/11/2018 12:10:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

997725

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Apprentices
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 apprentices are employed in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	185748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>There are 11 apprentices currently employed by DCMS.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/11/2018 11:58:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

997750

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Pay
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 staff in his Department are paid less than £8.75 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	185768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>No staff in the Department are paid below £8.75 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/11/2018 11:59:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

997786

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Pay
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 staff in his Department are paid less than £10.20 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	185788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>No staff in the Department are paid below £10.20 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/11/2018 12:03:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

998473

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Compton Bassett
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why the installation of superfast broadband in Compton Bassett was stopped; when they expect the remaining properties to receive superfast broadband connectivity; and what compensation, if any, is available for those residents and businesses that have not yet been connected.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL11132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on specific locations within local Superfast projects. This information is held by the local authority project team - in this case Wiltshire Online. Decisions on what areas are in or out of scope are taken locally.</p><p> </p><p>For communities that fall outside of a Superfast area, there are two UK Government schemes in place that aim to upgrade a premises connection, such as the Gigabit Voucher Scheme (https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/) and the Better Broadband Scheme (https://basicbroadbandchecker.culture.gov.uk/).</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 12/11/2018 11:36:10 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

997068

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Iford
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received any information from O2 as to when they will improve the mobile telephony in the village of Iford in East Sussex.
tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
uin	HL11072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Ofcom publishes information on coverage in the UK, which can be displayed by Local Authority. Its latest Connected Nations Report shows that, as of May 2018, there is 99.6% 4G indoor coverage from at least one Mobile Network Operator (MNO), and 69.7% from all four MNOs in the Lewes local authority area. In the same area, the data show that there is 99.9% 4G geographic coverage from at least one MNO and 95.1% from all four MNOs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not hold the information as asked in the question.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 12/11/2018 11:33:29 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking