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782089

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the application deadline for the better broadband scheme is being extended beyond December 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	110818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>We are assessing the options to renew the 2017 application deadline and will make an announcement in due course. To date the Better Broadband Scheme has provided access to basic broadband for over 10,000 premises. We will ensure that all premises continue to have access to basic broadband prior to the implementation of the Government's commitment that all premises have speeds of at least 10Mbps.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 06/11/2017 16:36:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

776241

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Gambling Act 2005: Convictions
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 crimes have been recorded under the Gambling Act 2005 in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	108991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information on the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales. The only Gambling Act 2005 offence that is notifiable is ‘cheating at gambling or enabling or assisting person to cheat’. In the tables published by the Office for National Statistics, this offence is included in the offence classification “other notifiable offences’. It is not possible to separate out the number of offences recorded under the Gambling Act by the police in England and Wales from within this wider offence classification.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/10/2017 14:12:00 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

773928

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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: Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to provide a response to the consultation on the Broadband Universal Service Obligation that closed on 9 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	108810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Yes, as indicated in the consultation on the broadband Universal Service Obligation, a summary of responses will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 26/10/2017 11:35:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

773123

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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	Tourism: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government is represented on the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	108369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The government is represented by officials from DCMS at the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/10/2017 09:07:47 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771331

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group met over the last year.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Tourism Industry Emergency Response (TIER) has been active through all the terror attacks over the past few months, including convening four meetings since the first attack in March.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/10/2017 09:38:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771430

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Cultural Heritage: Security
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 financial assistance is available to cultural institutions which have incurred extra security costs resulting from recent acts of terrorism in London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 106697.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 107945 question first answered 19/10/2017 09:15:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771432

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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 percentage of UK premises experience broadband download speeds of less than (a) 1MB/s, (b) 2MB/s, (c) 5MB/s and (d) 10 MB/s.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this level of information. Think Broadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/uk) publish up-to-date information on the percentage of premises receiving below 2 and 10 MB/s. These are currently reported as follows:</p><p>0.76% of UK premises experience download speeds below 2Mbps.</p><p>2.81% of UK premises experience download speeds of less than 10Mbps.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/10/2017 16:07:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771433

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Cultural Heritage: Security
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 financial assistance the Government has given to cultural and artistic venues to assist with extra security costs incurred as a result of recent terrorist attacks in London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 106697.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 107960 question first answered 19/10/2017 09:15:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771435

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	5G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what the £740 million 5G research and infrastructure fund announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement has been spent.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2016, the Government announced a a £1.1bn package to boost the UK’s digital infrastructure. This sum is intended to cover all future connectivity technologies and cover work in this area until 2020-21. This included investment in a nationally coordinated programme of full fibre and 5G Testbed &amp; Trials.</p><p>To date, the Government has invested £16 million for three leading 5G research institutions to establish a test network to test and trial 5G technologies and applications. This week, a £25 million competition was announced to select projects for initial funding as part of the first Phase of the Testbeds &amp; Trials Programme.</p><p>For the Local Full Fibre (LFFN) Programme, the Government announced in September that £10 million has been allocated for 6 full fibre test projects around the country, in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, West Sussex, Coventry and Warwickshire, Bristol (with Bath and North East Somerset), West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. Further measures will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 25/10/2017 09:19:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

770076

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
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	Gambling: Prosecutions
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 prosecutions under the Gambling Act 2005 there have been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts for offences under the Gambling Act 2005 in England and Wales, in each year between 2012 and 2016, can be viewed in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/10/2017 06:59:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch attachment 1 file name Gambling Act 2005 detailed offences 2012-2016.pdf title Gambling Act 2005 offences 2012-2016
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest