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date	21/01/2019
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: Scotland
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 progress has he made on the Local Full Fibre Networks Programme in rural locations throughout Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	210715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Programme has the following Scottish projects and potential projects:</p><p> </p><p><strong>LFFN Wave 2 Challenge Fund</strong></p><p>Highland Council are planning to use the SWAN Framework to implement a gigabit fibre network to 152 public buildings in Inverness, Fort William, Thurso and Wick - awarded £4.3m BDUK Funding. This project is in preparation stage for the 'Ready to Procure' Assurance Gate.</p><p> </p><p><strong>LFFN Wave 3 Challenge Fund</strong></p><p>Shetland Council have successfully passed the LFFN Investment Panel stage and are working on the final Business case to go through Assurance Gate A and if approved will be issued with a letter of offer for £2m BDUK Funding</p><p>Tay Cities combined authority are in the dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area.</p><p>Renfrewshire Council are at the pre-dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To the end of September 2018 across Scotland, there have been 87 gigabit vouchers connected (value £243,953). A report up to the end of December 2018 will be released early in February</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/01/2019 18:04:37 question first ministerially corrected 30/01/2019 08:51:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 98327 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1045718

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Tech City UK: Ethnic Groups and 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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2018 to Question 193467 on Tech City UK: Ethnic Groups and Females, how many BAME members are on the Executive team of Tech City; and what proportion of the technical roles within the organisation are held by women.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	210648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Tech Nation (formerly Tech City UK) is a private sector organisation that receives grant funding from DCMS. There are currently 5 members of the executive team. 40% are women, 60% male and there are no BAME members. There are 3 technical roles at Tech Nation. Of these, 66% are female, 33% male, 33% BAME.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/01/2019 10:59:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1045719

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
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	Tech City UK: 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 proportion of the business founders receiving funds from Tech City were female in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	210649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Tech Nation (formerly Tech City UK) is a private sector organisation that receives grant funding from DCMS. While Tech Nation does not directly fund tech start-ups, they do run programmes such as Founders Network, Rising Stars, Upscale, and Future Fifty, that help start-ups access funding. Across these programmes, 35% of the founders are women and 65% men.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/01/2019 11:28:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah