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995520

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date	26/10/2018
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	Voluntary Work: Young People
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 money his Department has spent on the UK’s participation in the European Solidarity Corps.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	184373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>To date DCMS has not funded the European Solidarity Corps. The Corps will be funded through the central EU budget once the first round of successful applications are announced at the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 07/11/2018 10:13:34 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

995595

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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: 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, with reference to the sub-section of his Department's Digital Strategy on better regulation, published on 1 March 2017, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that advertising for broadband accurately describes the technology it uses.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	184434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The 2017 Digital Strategy set out that Government would work with regulators and industry to ensure that the advertising of broadband reflects the speeds that consumers can expect to receive and accurately describes the technology used.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Digital Strategy was published, the ASA has implemented new guidance, which states that speed claims should be based on the download speeds available to at least 50% of customers at peak time, and no longer on 'up to' speeds available to at least 10% of customers. Ofcom has also updated its Code of Practice on Broadband Speeds. As set out in the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 167873, the ASA reviewed the use of the term ‘fibre’ to describe part-fibre and full-fibre broadband and concluded in November 2017 that the term 'fibre' is unlikely to mislead consumers as currently used in the advertising of part-fibre broadband services. In June, the Administrative Court granted CityFibre permission to proceed with its Judicial Review of the ASA's decision.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to working with regulators and industry to ensure that consumers receive clear, concise and accurate information in order to make informed choices about their broadband, particularly as the rollout of new technologies like full fibre broadband increases. As part of this, we will monitor developments in other countries, including Italy’s current trial of a traffic light system for broadband advertising.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 184435 184436 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:48:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

995596

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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: 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a traffic light system in broadband advertising to present clear and accurate information on what material is used at each stage of connection.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	184435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The 2017 Digital Strategy set out that Government would work with regulators and industry to ensure that the advertising of broadband reflects the speeds that consumers can expect to receive and accurately describes the technology used.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Digital Strategy was published, the ASA has implemented new guidance, which states that speed claims should be based on the download speeds available to at least 50% of customers at peak time, and no longer on 'up to' speeds available to at least 10% of customers. Ofcom has also updated its Code of Practice on Broadband Speeds. As set out in the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 167873, the ASA reviewed the use of the term ‘fibre’ to describe part-fibre and full-fibre broadband and concluded in November 2017 that the term 'fibre' is unlikely to mislead consumers as currently used in the advertising of part-fibre broadband services. In June, the Administrative Court granted CityFibre permission to proceed with its Judicial Review of the ASA's decision.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to working with regulators and industry to ensure that consumers receive clear, concise and accurate information in order to make informed choices about their broadband, particularly as the rollout of new technologies like full fibre broadband increases. As part of this, we will monitor developments in other countries, including Italy’s current trial of a traffic light system for broadband advertising.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 184434 184436 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:48:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

995597

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 167873 on broadband: advertising, what assessment he has made of whether customers receive clear, concise and accurate information in order to make an informed choice about full-fibre broadband.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	184436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The 2017 Digital Strategy set out that Government would work with regulators and industry to ensure that the advertising of broadband reflects the speeds that consumers can expect to receive and accurately describes the technology used.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Digital Strategy was published, the ASA has implemented new guidance, which states that speed claims should be based on the download speeds available to at least 50% of customers at peak time, and no longer on 'up to' speeds available to at least 10% of customers. Ofcom has also updated its Code of Practice on Broadband Speeds. As set out in the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 167873, the ASA reviewed the use of the term ‘fibre’ to describe part-fibre and full-fibre broadband and concluded in November 2017 that the term 'fibre' is unlikely to mislead consumers as currently used in the advertising of part-fibre broadband services. In June, the Administrative Court granted CityFibre permission to proceed with its Judicial Review of the ASA's decision.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to working with regulators and industry to ensure that consumers receive clear, concise and accurate information in order to make informed choices about their broadband, particularly as the rollout of new technologies like full fibre broadband increases. As part of this, we will monitor developments in other countries, including Italy’s current trial of a traffic light system for broadband advertising.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 184434 184435 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:48:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake