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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Camelot Group: Licensing more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the Statement of Reasons relating to the renewal of Camelot's National Lottery licence, originally published in August 2007. more like this
tabling member constituency Rother Valley more like this
tabling member printed
Alexander Stafford more like this
uin 4078 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-25more like thismore than 2021-05-25
answer text <p>The competition for the third National Lottery Licence was run by the National Lottery Commission, which was merged with the Gambling Commission in October 2013. The Commission announced the outcome of the competition on 7th August 2007, at which time it also published the ‘Statement of Reasons’. This can be found through the National Archives <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090322233228/http://www.natlotcomm.gov.uk/CLIENT/content.ASP?ContentId=330" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Maldon more like this
answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-25T13:14:45.817Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-25T13:14:45.817Z
answering member
39
label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale more like this
tabling member
4866
label Biography information for Alexander Stafford more like this
1316343
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Telecommunications: Infrastructure more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation into the Electronic Communications Code. more like this
tabling member constituency Tatton more like this
tabling member printed
Esther McVey more like this
uin 3853 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-26more like thismore than 2021-05-26
answer text <p>We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation and will publish the Government response in due course. This will include our proposals for measures to ensure that the Electronic Communications Code continues to support the faster deployment of digital infrastructure. We expect any legislative measures to be taken forward in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
answering member printed Matt Warman more like this
grouped question UIN 3855 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-26T14:41:12.997Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-26T14:41:12.997Z
answering member
4361
label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this
tabling member
4084
label Biography information for Esther McVey more like this
1316346
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Telecommunications: Infrastructure more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to include provisions in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech, to quicken the process by which wayleaves are granted. more like this
tabling member constituency Tatton more like this
tabling member printed
Esther McVey more like this
uin 3855 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-26more like thismore than 2021-05-26
answer text <p>We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation and will publish the Government response in due course. This will include our proposals for measures to ensure that the Electronic Communications Code continues to support the faster deployment of digital infrastructure. We expect any legislative measures to be taken forward in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
answering member printed Matt Warman more like this
grouped question UIN 3853 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-26T14:41:13.077Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-26T14:41:13.077Z
answering member
4361
label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this
tabling member
4084
label Biography information for Esther McVey more like this
1316353
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Tourism: Coronavirus more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to support the recovery of the tourism sector in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England from the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. more like this
tabling member constituency Coventry North East more like this
tabling member printed
Colleen Fletcher more like this
uin 3901 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-24more like thismore than 2021-05-24
answer text <p>My Department is taking a number of steps to encourage tourism across the country once restrictions are eased, including in Coventry and the West Midlands.</p><p>We are currently working with VisitBritain, VisitEngland and local partners to champion the UK’s diverse tourism offer through the Escape the Everyday campaign.</p><p>We are also working with regional partners to maximise the tourism benefits of hosting the UK City of Culture in Coventry and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.</p><p>The March Budget included £700m of extra funding to support our world-leading arts, culture and sporting institutions - protecting the venues which make the UK an attractive destination to visit.</p><p>In total, over £25bn has been provided to the tourism, leisure and hospitality sectors in the form of grants, loans and tax breaks. The Tourism Recovery plan will shortly set out how we will continue to support the sector’s reopening and recovery from the pandemic.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire more like this
answering member printed Nigel Huddleston more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-24T13:06:34.43Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-24T13:06:34.43Z
answering member
4407
label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston more like this
tabling member
4378
label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher more like this
1316366
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Internet: Safety more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether safety duties relating to content that is harmful to adults announced as part of the Online Safety Bill in the Queen's Speech 2021 will include content on and related to (a) suicide and (b) self-harm. more like this
tabling member constituency Blaydon more like this
tabling member printed
Liz Twist more like this
uin 3994 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-28more like thismore than 2021-05-28
answer text <p>Under the new legal duty of care, in-scope companies will need to remove and limit the spread of illegal content and activity online. This includes illegal content which encourages or incites suicide online, with all companies expected to take swift and effective action against such content.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, companies whose services have high-risk functionalities and which have the largest audiences will also be required to take action on content which is legal but which may cause harm to adults such as material which relates to self-harm or suicide. These companies will need to set out in clear terms and conditions what is acceptable on their services, and enforce those terms and conditions consistently and transparently.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are also ensuring that criminal law is fit for purpose to account for harmful and dangerous communications online. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has sponsored a Law Commission review of harmful online communications. As part of this review, the Government has also asked the Law Commission to examine how the criminal law will address the encouragement or assistance of self harm. We know there is a strong case for making this sort of appalling content illegal. The Law Commission have consulted on their proposed reforms and will produce final recommendations by summer 2021.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Gosport more like this
answering member printed Caroline Dinenage more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-28T14:42:47.823Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-28T14:42:47.823Z
answering member
4008
label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage more like this
tabling member
4618
label Biography information for Liz Twist more like this
1316396
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Broadband: Investment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been invested in the delivery of super-fast broadband by constituency for each year since 2015. more like this
tabling member constituency Ellesmere Port and Neston more like this
tabling member printed
Justin Madders more like this
uin 3936 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-28more like thismore than 2021-05-28
answer text <p>DCMS does not hold information on spend on superfast broadband at constituency level. Spend within superfast broadband project areas in England is summarised in the below table:</p><p><strong><p><p></strong></p><p>DCMS Investment in the delivery of Superfast Broadband from financial year 2015/16</p><p>Financial year = April to March</p><p>Negative amounts represent unused funding returned to DCMS.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>County</p></td><td><p>2015/16 £m</p></td><td><p>2016/17 £m</p></td><td><p>2017/18 £m</p></td><td><p>2018/19 £m</p></td><td><p>2019/20 £m</p></td><td><p>2020/21 £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0.85</p></td><td><p>2.37</p></td><td><p>1.21</p></td><td><p>3.21</p></td><td><p>1.98</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>0.70</p></td><td><p>0.08</p></td><td><p>2.38</p></td><td><p>1.31</p></td><td><p>1.13</p></td><td><p>0.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>2.29</p></td><td><p>0.08</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2.29</p></td><td><p>0.84</p></td><td><p>1.40</p></td><td><p>1.43</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>8.06</p></td><td><p>4.21</p></td><td><p>1.60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>6.47</p></td><td><p>1.58</p></td><td><p>0.61</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>5.66</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.30</p></td><td><p>0.16</p></td><td><p>1.84</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>4.38</p></td><td><p>1.40</p></td><td><p>1.28</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.33</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>2.17</p></td><td><p>1.92</p></td><td><p>2.39</p></td><td><p>1.60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>5.18</p></td><td><p>2.00</p></td><td><p>1.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>3.01</p></td><td><p>2.67</p></td><td><p>2.43</p></td><td><p>1.20</p></td><td><p>0.96</p></td><td><p>0.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>2.22</p></td><td><p>2.64</p></td><td><p>4.51</p></td><td><p>2.05</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire &amp; Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>9.72</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>1.50</p></td><td><p>0.65</p></td><td><p>0.73</p></td><td><p>4.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>0.22</p></td><td><p>2.03</p></td><td><p>2.81</p></td><td><p>0.30</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>1.34</p></td><td><p>(0.93)</p></td><td><p>(0.01)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>0.62</p></td><td><p>3.38</p></td><td><p>1.68</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2.10</p></td><td><p>0.47</p></td><td><p>2.44</p></td><td><p>0.93</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>0.35</p></td><td><p>1.04</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>0.42</p></td><td><p>0.94</p></td><td><p>3.61</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>5.94</p></td><td><p>0.68</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>2.70</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>2.70</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3.41</p></td><td><p>4.40</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>0.39</p></td><td><p>1.10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.40</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>0.49</p></td><td><p>3.18</p></td><td><p>0.13</p></td><td><p>0.85</p></td><td><p>0.85</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>4.24</p></td><td><p>1.58</p></td><td><p>1.42</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>3.49</p></td><td><p>2.63</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.55</p></td><td><p>0.17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.14</p></td><td><p>6.18</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>4.12</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Country</p></td><td><p>2.19</p></td><td><p>0.71</p></td><td><p>0.09</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>(0.08)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>3.01</p></td><td><p>0.10</p></td><td><p>2.89</p></td><td><p>2.03</p></td><td><p>4.25</p></td><td><p>0.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon &amp; Somerset</p></td><td><p>17.97</p></td><td><p>1.01</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.36</p></td><td><p>1.09</p></td><td><p>0.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.46</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.11</p></td><td><p>1.58</p></td><td><p>0.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>1.43</p></td><td><p>1.85</p></td><td><p>0.33</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>0.85</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>1.41</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>13.85</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td><td><p>0.54</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>0.13</p></td><td><p>0.28</p></td><td><p>1.75</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>(0.05)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>0.99</p></td><td><p>2.83</p></td><td><p>1.12</p></td><td><p>0.67</p></td><td><p>1.62</p></td><td><p>2.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berkshire</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>0.72</p></td><td><p>0.57</p></td><td><p>0.10</p></td><td><p>0.94</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>2.04</p></td><td><p>0.92</p></td><td><p>0.33</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.60</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.44</p></td><td><p>2.08</p></td><td><p>2.71</p></td><td><p>0.06</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>2.22</p></td><td><p>0.33</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.53</p></td><td><p>0.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>1.39</p></td><td><p>2.39</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td><p>0.87</p></td><td><p>0.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Funding for delivery in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was provided through funding transfers to the devolved administration governments. The devolved administrations in turn manage deployment and funding delivery in each of the nations. In the period 2015/16 to 2020/21 the relevant funding transfers were: Scotland £50.99m; Wales £12.11m; Northern Ireland £11.45m.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The total DCMS investment in the Superfast Broadband Programme to date across the UK as whole is £737m from the start of the programme in 2011.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
answering member printed Matt Warman more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-28T15:26:35.25Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-28T15:26:35.25Z
answering member
4361
label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this
tabling member
4418
label Biography information for Justin Madders more like this
1316446
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Swimming: Children more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reduction in the numbers of children learning to swim due to the closure of swimming pools in the past year. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Hoey more like this
uin HL398 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-26more like thismore than 2021-05-26
answer text <p>The Government does not collect data from schools on how many pupils are able to swim, but data from Sport England's annual Active Lives Children Survey provides the government with a national picture. Data for academic year 19/20 show that 77% of children in year 7 report they can swim 25m.</p><p> </p><p>Swimming and water safety is an important part of the primary PE curriculum. The government is committed to ensuring that all children leave primary school with vital swimming and water safety skills. The PE and sport premium can be used by primary schools to support swimming and water safety, for example through 'top-up' lessons or additional teaching training. We provide schools with the flexibility to decide how to spend their premium in line with conditions of grant and do not collect data on proportion or amount of spend for any given activity.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the PE and sport premium, schools are able to access new virtual water safety lessons from Oak National Academy and the Department will be supporting the Royal Life Saving Society UK's Drowning Prevention Week in June 2021. The government has provided an additional £10.1m to improve use of school sport facilities, including swimming pools. New resources to support children with SEND learning to swim and knowing how to be safe in and around the water have been developed through the Inclusion 2020 grant, which is led by the Youth Sport Trust. These resources are available on Swim England's inclusion hub.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-26T14:41:29.307Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-26T14:41:29.307Z
answering member
4703
label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
tabling member
210
label Biography information for Baroness Hoey more like this
1316450
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Television Licences: Enforcement more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what further steps they have taken since January to ascertain the impact of alternative enforcement schemes for the BBC licence fee. more like this
tabling member printed
Baroness Hoey more like this
uin HL402 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-06-01more like thismore than 2021-06-01
answer text <p>The government is considering decriminalisation of TV licence evasion and other possible reforms to the licence fee system to increase fairness and proportionality within the broader context of the ongoing licence fee settlement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The government may in future undertake a further, technical consultation on the possible alternative civil sanctions to set out in more detail how alternative schemes could work in practice.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-06-01T10:36:33.793Zmore like thismore than 2021-06-01T10:36:33.793Z
answering member
4703
label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
tabling member
210
label Biography information for Baroness Hoey more like this
1316463
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Telecommunications: Infrastructure more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the publication of the report from the Telecoms Diversification Task Force on 20 April, what plans they have (1) to incentivise, and (2) to encourage, UK Mobile Network Operators to invest in Open Radio Access Networks. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Vaizey of Didcot more like this
uin HL415 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-27more like thismore than 2021-05-27
answer text <p>The Government continues to work with mobile operators and suppliers to build an open, flexible, and diverse telecoms supply market, following the recommendations of the Diversification Taskforce, published on 20 April. The Taskforce recommendations are helping to guide our approach to delivering the Diversification strategy, including its core pillar of accelerating the development and deployment of interoperable solutions, such as Open RAN, into the UK’s 5G network.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our engagement with both operators and suppliers continues to be constructive and we are delighted with moves made by industry so far that support our aims. The announcement of numerous Open RAN R&amp;D facilities in the UK is a positive sign that our direction of travel is the right one, and we are working at pace to develop targeted actions to ensure that interoperable technologies are ready to deploy in more resilient network infrastructure. The Government is designing a programme of targeted R&amp;D support, building on existing Open RAN trials, such as the SmartRAN Open Networks Interoperability Centre (SONIC), to level the playing field for smaller suppliers, and we continue to consider all options. This will need to support performance demonstration, such as with large-scale urban trials, as well as product development and testing.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
grouped question UIN
HL416 more like this
HL417 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-27T15:21:23.667Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-27T15:21:23.667Z
answering member
4703
label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
tabling member
1580
label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot more like this
1316464
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-05-19more like thismore than 2021-05-19
answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Telecommunications: Infrastructure more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invest in large-scale urban Open Radio Access Network trials in 2022, in order to assess whether Open Radio Access Networks can be successfully deployed in a dense urban environment. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Vaizey of Didcot more like this
uin HL416 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-05-27more like thismore than 2021-05-27
answer text <p>The Government continues to work with mobile operators and suppliers to build an open, flexible, and diverse telecoms supply market, following the recommendations of the Diversification Taskforce, published on 20 April. The Taskforce recommendations are helping to guide our approach to delivering the Diversification strategy, including its core pillar of accelerating the development and deployment of interoperable solutions, such as Open RAN, into the UK’s 5G network.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Our engagement with both operators and suppliers continues to be constructive and we are delighted with moves made by industry so far that support our aims. The announcement of numerous Open RAN R&amp;D facilities in the UK is a positive sign that our direction of travel is the right one, and we are working at pace to develop targeted actions to ensure that interoperable technologies are ready to deploy in more resilient network infrastructure. The Government is designing a programme of targeted R&amp;D support, building on existing Open RAN trials, such as the SmartRAN Open Networks Interoperability Centre (SONIC), to level the playing field for smaller suppliers, and we continue to consider all options. This will need to support performance demonstration, such as with large-scale urban trials, as well as product development and testing.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
grouped question UIN
HL415 more like this
HL417 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-05-27T15:21:23.747Zmore like thismore than 2021-05-27T15:21:23.747Z
answering member
4703
label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
tabling member
1580
label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot more like this