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837676

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	903829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my answers to the hon members from Copeland and Banbury during Departmental Oral Questions today.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2018 17:57:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

837370

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Nuisance Calls
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 his Department's policy is on a ban on phone companies charging a fee for services to protect against nuisance calls.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	126489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government and local bodies together are investing £1.7 billion of public money to support vital improvements in broadband services across the UK. Superfast broadband coverage reached 95% of premises in December 2017 – up from 45% in 2010. Many of the premises reached had exchange only lines.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">For any premises not covered by superfast broadband, as confirmed in our announcement in December 2017, we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request 10 Megabit per second broadband.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Within London the Government expects superfast broadband coverage to be provided by the private sector and is encouraging providers to tackle remaining issues including exchange only lines.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Consumers can register their landline and mobile telephone numbers with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS), which helps prevent them receiving unsolicited nuisance marketing calls. The TPS is a free service and consumers can register at the following address: http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/number_type.html.</ins><br /></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition, phone companies provide consumers with a range of services to protect them against nuisance calls. It is for phone companies to decide whether to offer these services for free or for a charge. The Government welcomes services being provided free, or at low cost, for the benefit of consumers.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2018 17:49:33 question first ministerially corrected 20/03/2018 17:32:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 40508 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

837390

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	National Citizen Service Trust
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 candidates applied for the position of Chair of the National Citizen Service Trust.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	126509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>46 candidates applied for the position of Chair of the National Citizen Service.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/02/2018 10:02:54 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

837429

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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
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 recent trends in the level of uptake of superfast broadband at or above 24mbps where such coverage exists; and what steps his Department is taking to increase such uptake.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	126548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Take-up rates from projects in the Phase 1 Superfast Broadband Programme now average over 40%, significantly higher than the level expected by suppliers at the start of the programme. In BT’s quarterly results to the end of December 2017, they announced that connections to fibre-enabled broadband now total 9.2 million, up by 600,000 within the quarter. As a result of the take-up levels that are now being achieved, BT have estimated that the total gainshare funding to be returned to the projects within the Superfast Broadband Programme will now be £527m. The Department is currently reviewing these data and other evidence to consider options for increasing superfast broadband uptake.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2018 17:52:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

837430

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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
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 information his Department holds on the average amount paid annually by UK households for broadband connectivity since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	126549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Average household spend on broadband services, per annum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£133.8</p></td><td><p>£139.08</p></td><td><p>£143.16</p></td><td><p>£148.08</p></td><td><p>£162.36</p></td><td><p>£181.32</p></td><td><p>£202.8</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Average household spend on communications services as a % of total spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Ofcom Communications Market Report 2017</p><p>Available at <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/105074/cmr-2017-uk.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/105074/cmr-2017-uk.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/02/2018 17:53:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

837522

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: Telford and Wrekin
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 steps he has taken to facilitate access to superfast broadband for people who live in (a) Telford constituency and (b) Telford and Wrekin local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	126641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has provided over £2.1m for the delivery of superfast broadband in Telford and Wrekin. According to Thinkbroadband, 97.3% of premises in the Telford and Wrekin local authority area can access superfast broadband, up from 77% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>As confirmed in our announcement in December 2017 we are pushing ahead with our plans for a Universal Service Obligation (USO) so that, by 2020, everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request 10 Megabit per second broadband.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/02/2018 13:26:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

837570

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Brass Bands: Government Assistance
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 funding brass bands have received from the Government in each year since 2010; and if he will list the recipients of that funding.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	126689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>A list of the eligible applications to the Arts Council in each year since 2010 in the sub-art form “Brass and Silver bands” are attached. Some activity, for which brass bands play a constituent part, may not be included as the wider activity has not been classified specifically as such. Ineligible applications are not recorded by sub-art form.</p><p>Since April 2016, Brass bands have also benefited from the Orchestra tax relief.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/02/2018 12:40:14 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name 126689 Brass band applications data.pdf title Application Data - ACE - Brass and silver bands
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

837602

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Hate Crime: Females
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 discussions he has had with representatives of Facebook and Twitter on tackling abuse and misogyny on social media.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	126721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with social media companies on a range of issues including online abuse. Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/02/2018 13:22:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

835969

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Childcare Vouchers
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 employees of his Department make use of the childcare vouchers scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	126324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>In January 2018 66 employees of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport made use of the childcare vouchers scheme.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/02/2018 13:09:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

836044

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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: Land
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 land (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies owns in (i) England and (ii) the South West; and how much of that land has been identified as being surplus to requirements.
tabling member constituency	Filton and Bradley Stoke
tabling member printed	Jack Lopresti
uin	126399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport currently holds 0.07 hectares of land in England that is designated as surplus, none of which are in the South West of England. This does not include land previously identified as surplus that has now been disposed. This figure also includes agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p> </p><p>These surplus assets are in the process of being disposed of in line with the Government Estates Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the department's surplus land holdings are published on the register of surplus land: https://data.gov.uk/dataset/epimstransparency</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/03/2018 14:22:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3989 label Biography information for Jack Lopresti