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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

834230

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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 his Department has made of adequacy of the coverage of internet speeds required to access the digital economy in (a) 2020 (b) 2025 (c) 2030.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	125863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>My department is working hard to ensure that everyone in Britain has the connectivity they need to be part of our future digital society.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to the vision of a full fibre Britain, the gold standard of broadband that will deliver a step-change in speed, service quality, security and reliability, with capacity for 1 Gigabit per second connections. The Local Full Fibre Network programme will invest £200 million for locally-led projects across the UK to leverage local and commercial investment in full fibre. Also, we are conducting an in-depth Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review to determine how to deliver the competitive conditions to encourage the long term investment needed to secure ubiquitous world-class digital connectivity, that is seamless, reliable, long-lasting and also widely available and affordable to UK businesses and consumers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The BDUK Superfast Programme reached its target of 95% coverage of the UK by the end of 2017, and is continuing to support delivery with at least a further 2% coverage. We are currently investing £1.7 billion of public money in superfast broadband coverage across the UK, offering speeds of over 24 Megabits per second. .</p><p> </p><p>To ensure no one is left behind, in areas where superfast broadband is not available, we are also introducing a broadband Universal Service Obligation so that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have a clear, enforceable right to request high speed broadband of at least 10 Megabits per second. We will keep this under review to make sure that it keeps pace with consumers' evolving needs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 05/02/2018 16:30:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

831155

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 123265 on Broadband; what estimate his Department has made of the level of access to superfast broadbandby (a) households and (b) businesses in the UK premises as at 31 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	125163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not distinguish between home and business premises. On 31 December 2017, 95% of premises in the UK had access to superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/01/2018 16:07:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

824464

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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 estimate his Department has made of the proportion of homes receiving broadband speeds of 24mbps or more as of 31 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	123265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>According to Ofcom's recently published 2017 Connected Nations report, 38% of premises have bought superfast connections that receive more than 30Mbps as of May 2017. This is up from 31% in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/01/2018 16:46:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

795711

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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 her most recent estimate is of the average (a) advertised speed for broadband services, (b) speed received by consumers for broadband services; and if she will make a statement
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	116065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of broadband speeds are published by Ofcom and available here: <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/100761/UK-home-broadband-performance,-November-2016-Technical-report.pdf" target="_blank"><em>https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/100761/UK-home-broadband-performance,-November-2016-Technical-report.pdf</em></a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/12/2017 12:07:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

784810

registered interest
date	06/11/2017
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 assessment her Department has made of the contribution of access to superfast broadband services to trends in national productivity; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	111686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department released The UK Broadband Impact Study in 2013 which made an assessment of the impacts of faster broadband including the economic impacts. The study can be accessed on the Department’s website (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-broadband-impact-study--2).</p><p> </p><p>The Department will be producing a new impact study in 2018, which will include economic impacts.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/11/2017 13:30:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

757576

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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, how much her Department has spent on increasing broadband speed and connectivity in the UK since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>To date, The Government has invested £1.7 billion of public money to support vital improvements in broadband services across the UK, includes £691 million from my Department</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/09/2017 15:10:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham