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1563536

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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, how many agreements were reached to install 5G masts on private property in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those agreements were concluded consensually.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	114820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>Digital connectivity is important now more than ever and the Government is committed to providing good quality digital infrastructure and mobile coverage, including 5G, across the UK. This will ensure that people are able to stay connected and businesses are able to grow. The Government’s ambition for the majority of the UK population to have access to 5G by 2027 was met 5 years early with basic “non-standalone” 5G. Non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 77% of UK premises.</p><p>However, Government policy in this area consistently aims to maintain a proportionate balance between the public benefits of digital rollout, and the rights of individual landowners. This is reflected in the legal framework underpinning rights to install and keep electronic communications apparatus on public and private land, contained in the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”).</p><p>5G network rollout and the acquisition and management of masts, mobile sites and network infrastructure is, ultimately, a matter for the mobile network operators (MNOs), operating within that legal framework. The Government therefore does not routinely collate comprehensive data on site acquisitions.</p><p>However, you may find it useful to note that information provided by mobile operators and infrastructure providers during passage of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act showed that the number of agreements being concluded on new and existing sites has increased year on year since 2020. This data shows that in 2022, at least 107 agreements were reached in relation to new sites, with heads of terms agreed on a further 66 sites. That is in addition to the 533 renewal agreements which have concluded this year, along with heads of terms being agreed on a further 119 renewals.</p><p>To be clear however, this data does not represent a complete picture of the number of agreements agreed during 2022, but rather a snapshot provided by some mobile operators. We do not have any additional data breaking down these figures into agreements concerning the installation of 5G masts on private property, or how many agreements were completed consensually. However, as you may be aware, measures contained in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act aim to encourage consensual negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 10/01/2023 08:55:57 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1551997

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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 rights private landowners have to oppose the installation of 5G masts on their property.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	111665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing good quality digital infrastructure and mobile coverage, including 5G, across the UK. This will ensure that people are able to stay connected and businesses are able to grow. Digital connectivity is important now more than ever. The Government’s ambition for the majority of the UK population to have access to 5G by 2027 was met 5 years early with basic “non-standalone” 5G. Non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 77% of UK premises.</p><p>At all times, however, government policy in this area works to keep a proportionate balance between public benefits of digital rollout, and the rights of individual landowners.</p><p>Rights to install and keep electronic communications apparatus on public and private land are regulated by the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”). Rights relating to apparatus on private land are normally agreed through negotiation between a landowner and communications operator.</p><p>Where a consensual agreement cannot be reached, the operator can ask a court to consider whether rights should be imposed. It is important to note, however, that the imposition of those rights is not automatic.</p><p>In these cases, the court will take into account whether the proposed installation is in the public interest and whether the landowner can be adequately compensated in deciding whether or not the requested rights should be imposed.</p><p>In addition to the need to comply with the requirements of the Code, the installation of apparatus must also comply with any planning requirements. Most telecommunications infrastructure, such as new masts and base stations, now benefit from nationally set permitted development rights. Permitted development rights enable certain types of development to be undertaken without the need for a full planning application, where the need to apply for permission would be out of proportion with the impacts of development. However, new ground-based masts still require the prior approval of local planning authority on certain matters, such as siting a design, before deployment can take place.</p><p>Local planning authorities are the decision makers for local planning decisions and must ensure that they are satisfied with things such as siting and appearance of the proposed development, before the permitted development rights are applied.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/12/2022 10:08:19 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1550767

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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 assessment she has made of the economic impact of the rollout of standalone 5G (a) in Blaenau Gwent constituency and (b) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	108143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the UK population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>We expect the Mobile Network Operators to begin deploying Standalone 5G in 2023. This next phase of investment will help unlock the full potential of 5G as a foundational technology for the knowledge-based economy, to support uses in industrial and innovation in the provision of public services, bringing both significant economic and societal benefits to the UK.</p><p>We are developing a Wireless Infrastructure Strategy which will establish a new ambition for 5G rollout, and set out how the UK can realise the full socioeconomic benefits of advanced wireless connectivity. We aim to publish the strategy early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/12/2022 12:38:26 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1550793

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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, how many 5G masts have been installed on residential properties in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	108304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>5G network rollout and the management of masts, mobile sites and network infrastructure is a matter for the mobile network operators (MNOs), and this information is not held by the government.</p><p>However, local authorities must grant planning permission for building masts and therefore some local authorities keep mast site registers which may contain installation information.</p><p>When deploying masts, the MNOs will consider consumer demand and how any mobile site fits with their network deployment plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 108305 question first answered 19/12/2022 12:40:30 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1550797

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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, how many 5G masts have been installed in each region in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	108305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>5G network rollout and the management of masts, mobile sites and network infrastructure is a matter for the mobile network operators (MNOs), and this information is not held by the government.</p><p>However, local authorities must grant planning permission for building masts and therefore some local authorities keep mast site registers which may contain installation information.</p><p>When deploying masts, the MNOs will consider consumer demand and how any mobile site fits with their network deployment plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 108304 question first answered 19/12/2022 12:40:30 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1521921

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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, whether her Department's target for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027 relates to standalone full 5G or non-standalone 5G.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	62933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>Ofcom Connected Nations Summer Update (7 October 2022) showed that non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 64% of premises across the UK.</p><p>Our Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will set out how we can realise the full benefits of 5G for the UK. We aim to publish the strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 62934 62935 62936 question first answered 18/10/2022 08:48:37 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1521922

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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 recent assessment her Department has made of the proportion of the population with access to (a) standalone full 5G and (b) non-standalone 5G.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	62934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>Ofcom Connected Nations Summer Update (7 October 2022) showed that non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 64% of premises across the UK.</p><p>Our Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will set out how we can realise the full benefits of 5G for the UK. We aim to publish the strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 62933 62935 62936 question first answered 18/10/2022 08:48:38 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1521924

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
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, whether her Department is on track to meet its target for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	62935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>Ofcom Connected Nations Summer Update (7 October 2022) showed that non-standalone 5G is available outside up to 64% of premises across the UK.</p><p>Our Wireless Infrastructure Strategy will set out how we can realise the full benefits of 5G for the UK. We aim to publish the strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 62933 62934 62936 question first answered 18/10/2022 08:48:38 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock