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773123

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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	Tourism: Security
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 Government is represented on the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	108369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is represented by officials from DCMS at the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/10/2017 09:07:47 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771331

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Tourism
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 the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group met over the last year.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Tourism Industry Emergency Response (TIER) has been active through all the terror attacks over the past few months, including convening four meetings since the first attack in March.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/10/2017 09:38:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771430

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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 Heritage: Security
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 financial assistance is available to cultural institutions which have incurred extra security costs resulting from recent acts of terrorism in London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 106697.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 107945 question first answered 19/10/2017 09:15:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771432

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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
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 percentage of UK premises experience broadband download speeds of less than (a) 1MB/s, (b) 2MB/s, (c) 5MB/s and (d) 10 MB/s.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this level of information. Think Broadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/uk) publish up-to-date information on the percentage of premises receiving below 2 and 10 MB/s. These are currently reported as follows:</p><p>0.76% of UK premises experience download speeds below 2Mbps.</p><p>2.81% of UK premises experience download speeds of less than 10Mbps.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/10/2017 16:07:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771433

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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 Heritage: Security
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 financial assistance the Government has given to cultural and artistic venues to assist with extra security costs incurred as a result of recent terrorist attacks in London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 106697.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 107960 question first answered 19/10/2017 09:15:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771435

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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, on what the £740 million 5G research and infrastructure fund announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement has been spent.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2016, the Government announced a a £1.1bn package to boost the UK’s digital infrastructure. This sum is intended to cover all future connectivity technologies and cover work in this area until 2020-21. This included investment in a nationally coordinated programme of full fibre and 5G Testbed &amp; Trials.</p><p>To date, the Government has invested £16 million for three leading 5G research institutions to establish a test network to test and trial 5G technologies and applications. This week, a £25 million competition was announced to select projects for initial funding as part of the first Phase of the Testbeds &amp; Trials Programme.</p><p>For the Local Full Fibre (LFFN) Programme, the Government announced in September that £10 million has been allocated for 6 full fibre test projects around the country, in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, West Sussex, Coventry and Warwickshire, Bristol (with Bath and North East Somerset), West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. Further measures will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 25/10/2017 09:19:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

770076

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
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	Gambling: Prosecutions
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 prosecutions under the Gambling Act 2005 there have been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for offences under the Gambling Act 2005 in England and Wales, in each year between 2012 and 2016, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/10/2017 06:59:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch attachment 1 file name Gambling Act 2005 detailed offences 2012-2016.pdf title Gambling Act 2005 offences 2012-2016
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

767443

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Terrorism: Greater London
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 estimate her Department has made of the additional costs incurred by cultural institutions as a result of extra security after recent acts of terrorism in London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has made no formal assessment of the costs. However, we meet regularly with a range of cultural institutions, including sponsored museums and sector bodies, in which we discuss both financial and security arrangements. We are aware that cultural institutions have and are taking steps to ensure security measures are in place. The Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group also convenes after incidents to evaluate impact and discuss the future response.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 16/10/2017 10:22:22 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

767445

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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, what steps her Department has taken to prepare for the possibility that the UK might leave the EU without having agreed a deal with the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government are responsibly preparing for a range of outcomes to ensure we have a smooth exit from the EU. The Government is engaging with businesses in every sector and region of the UK economy in order to understand the challenges and opportunities that may impact them in the coming months and years. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 106503 106673 question first answered 12/10/2017 16:11:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

767446

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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
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 the percentage take-up of superfast broadband is in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on superfast broadband take-up percentage by regions. The 2016 Ofcom Connected Nations report showed average take up percentage by home nation to be:</p><p> </p><p>England - 32%</p><p>Northern Ireland - 34%</p><p>Wales - 24%</p><p>Scotland - 27%</p><p> </p><p>Take up percentages of premises covered by BDUK projects can be found in the 'Table of local broadband projects' on the department's website : https://www.gov.uk/guidance/broadband-delivery-uk#superfast-broadband-programme.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/10/2017 13:14:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest