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date	16/09/2021
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	Digital Technology: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to improve digital infrastructure and connectivity in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	903489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>The government is focused on improving digital infrastructure and connectivity in rural areas, with our £5bn Project Gigabit and £1bn Shared Rural Network. As such, the government recently announced more details about our procurement pipeline, specifically, for the 2.2 million hard to reach premises in England in Phases 1 and 2 of the delivery plan.</p><p>Alongside Project Gigabit and the Shared Rural Network, we are continuing with our strategy to reduce barriers and to promote competition and investment.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 24/09/2021 15:54:41 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1356095

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Digital Technology: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to help prevent people from becoming digitally excluded.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	903490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has worked closely with providers to put in place social tariffs. These provide low cost landline and broadband services for people on means-tested state benefits. We are encouraging providers who do not currently offer social tariff packages to do so. The telecoms industry has also removed data caps on fixed broadband packages, and provides free or low cost data boosts on mobile services to support vulnerable consumers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In February DCMS also launched a £2.5 million Digital Lifeline Fund to reduce the digital exclusion of people with learning disabilities.This fund has provided tablets, data and free digital support to over 5,000 people with learning disabilities, enabling them to connect with friends and family, and access services and support groups, promoting overall well being.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has also introduced a digital entitlement for adults with no or low digital skills to undertake specified digital qualifications, up to level 1, free of charge.</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>Finally, around 2,900 public libraries in England provide accessible locations offering free Wi-Fi, computers, and other technology. Library staff, often supported by volunteers, can provide library users with digital support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 28/09/2021 10:39:56 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1356171

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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	Facebook: 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 she has been made of the implications for her policies in respect of the settlement of the US cases of United States Department of Housing and Urban Development vs Facebook.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	50662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 prohibits service providers from discriminating against people on the grounds of protected characteristics.</p><p>In response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights report on The Right to Privacy (Article 8) and the Digital Revolution, the government stated that it and other bodies have considered issues around online targeting. The full report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5801/jtselect/jtrights/313/313.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5801/jtselect/jtrights/313/313.pdf</a></p><p>The work undertaken which is referenced in the report includes the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) work on advertising technology (AdTech):</p><p><a href="https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/what-we-do/our-work-on-adtech/#blogs" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/what-we-do/our-work-on-adtech/#blogs</a></p><p>The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has published its review into online targeting and bias in algorithmic decision making:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cdei-review-of-online-targeting" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cdei-review-of-online-targeting</a></p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority market has published its study into online platforms and the digital advertising market in the UK.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/online-platforms-and-digital-advertising-market-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/online-platforms-and-digital-advertising-market-study</a></p><p>In a public consultation called <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-a-new-direction" target="_blank">Data: A new direction</a> (launched 10 September 2021) the government is also consulting on reform proposals to enable organisations to use personal data and sensitive personal data for the purpose of managing the risk of bias in their AI systems. The ICO has also drafted <a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-dp-themes/guidance-on-ai-and-data-protection/" target="_blank">Guidance on AI and Data Protection</a>, which explains how to process personal data in order to design and test algorithms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 23/09/2021 14:41:28 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah