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1701090

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Project Gigabit: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason the type B procurement of Lot 4 of Project Gigabit was not successful.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The supplier that was awarded the Project Gigabit contract for the North East (Lot 4) was unable to proceed after failing to secure the funding it required.</p><p> </p><p>To maintain the delivery of gigabit coverage to premises in the North East, we have worked with suppliers to bring forward additional projects under the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. The remaining premises will be included in a call-off under our cross-regional framework, which we aim to have in place this summer. We will press the successful supplier to begin to build premises in the North East as soon as possible to minimise any delay. Consequently, the economic impacts of this change in approach will be kept as low as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21763 question first answered 19/04/2024 08:09:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1701091

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Project Gigabit: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the economic impact of delays in the Project Gigabit Lot 4 procurement process on households in the North East of England.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>The supplier that was awarded the Project Gigabit contract for the North East (Lot 4) was unable to proceed after failing to secure the funding it required.</p><p> </p><p>To maintain the delivery of gigabit coverage to premises in the North East, we have worked with suppliers to bring forward additional projects under the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme. The remaining premises will be included in a call-off under our cross-regional framework, which we aim to have in place this summer. We will press the successful supplier to begin to build premises in the North East as soon as possible to minimise any delay. Consequently, the economic impacts of this change in approach will be kept as low as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 21762 question first answered 19/04/2024 08:09:11 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1701092

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Satellites
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on the establishment of the Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit programme has been established and the first call for proposals is now open.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on in the initial call for proposals may be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-government-grants.service.gov.uk%2Fgrants%2Fconnectivity-in-low-earth-orbit-c-leo-2&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRichard.Thomason%40dsit.gov.uk%7C8e341874843046dc52e808dc5ec1f642%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638489434361174889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=M8BsGrGsg21tCIj8FC8wL74c6PnQq0DaMIeIr6WRgaY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/connectivity-in-low-earth-orbit-c-leo-2</a></p><p> </p><p>Further information on the programme may be found here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fc-leo-programme&amp;data=05%7C02%7CRichard.Thomason%40dsit.gov.uk%7C8e341874843046dc52e808dc5ec1f642%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638489434361174889%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dTKb4Gw9CLrQxtlESXqziJza9BG7YAKOhXTo8senhF0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/c-leo-programme</a></p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 23/04/2024 10:46:46 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1701093

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Satellites: Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on the eligibility of satellite broadband for the universal service obligation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions with Ofcom on the eligibility of satellite broadband for the Broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO).</p><p> </p><p>The USO remains technology agnostic and any connectivity solution that can meet the minimum parameters, including required speeds and the current cost per month threshold of £56.20, can be used both to determine eligibility and to deliver a connection.</p><p> </p><p>Currently Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology is unlikely to meet the needed requirements however, last year, DSIT published a consultation to review the USO and ensure it remains up to date. The government response will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 23/04/2024 10:41:59 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1654173

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Project Gigabit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the speed of the roll-out of Project Gigabit.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	906126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>Over 76% of UK premises can access gigabit-capable broadband. We are on track to meet our target of 85% coverage across the UK by 2025 and more than 99% by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>I am proud to see the progress we have made on Project Gigabit, with twelve contracts awarded so far to suppliers to extend gigabit-capable coverage in hard-to-reach areas.</p><p> </p><p>On top of this, over 117,000 vouchers have been issued so far under the Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme and its previous iterations. 89,000 of these have been used to provide a gigabit-capable connection.</p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Sir John Whittingdale question first answered 19/07/2023 15:06:58 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1644531

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2023
	answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept id	216
	answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
	hansard heading	Science and Technology: North East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to support the commercialisation of science and technology research in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Liz Twist
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	905395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2023 answer text <p>Innovation in the North East is supported by significant public investment. For example, universities in the region received £12 million this year through the Higher Education Innovation Fund, and six received a further £5 million from the Connecting Capability Fund to help spinout their research. We have also invested £5 million in the North East Technology Park to attract more science and technology companies, and the North East hosts Catapult centres that de-risk the transition from research to commercialisation, including the Offshore Renewable Catapult (Blyth), the Digital Catapult (Sunderland) and the Satellite Applications Catapult (County Durham).</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 16/06/2023 08:17:59 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist