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1167634

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
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	Social Media: Disinformation
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 recent discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) the Information Commissioner's Office and (c) social media companies on preventing the dissemination of disinformation on social media during the upcoming election period; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Jane Dodds
uin	8261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with stakeholders on a range of issues, including the challenge of addressing disinformation, particularly in an electoral context. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 05/11/2019 13:46:07 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4718 label Biography information for Jane Dodds

1167722

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
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	National Rifle Association
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 she has held meetings with representatives of the Charity Commission to discuss the corporate governance standards of the National Rifle Association.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	8194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>I have held no meetings with representatives of the Charity Commission to discuss the corporate governance standards of the National Rifle Association.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 05/11/2019 13:53:36 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

1167358

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, who is responsible for digitisation in her Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	7659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><br>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 05/11/2019 16:32:45 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1167381

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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: 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, what progress her Department has made on meeting the target to implement the Universal Service Obligation for broadband by March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	7753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>We consulted on the specification for a broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) in 2017. DCMS published the outcome and response to this consultation in March 2018, and laid the relevant secondary legislation - the Electronic Communications (Universal Service) Order 2003 before parliament at the same time.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom is responsible for implementing the USO. This includes designating a Universal Service Provider(s), setting and enforcing the Universal Service Conditions that apply to the providers (such as how quickly connections must be delivered) and establishing an industry cost sharing fund.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has conducted several consultations on the USO, and is working with the Universal Service Providers, BT and KCOM, as part of the implementation process that it is undertaking. Eligible consumers will be able to request a broadband USO connection directly from BT and KCOM respectively from March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 05/11/2019 13:48:03 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1167382

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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	Housing: 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 steps she is taking to ensure that new housing developments have a broadband connection.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	7754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Ensuring new homes are built with the future in mind, ready to accept the next generation of digital infrastructure, remains vitally important. My Department consulted last year on proposals to ensure that all new build homes have gigabit-capable connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>In the Queen’s Speech the government committed to legislate to mandate the installation of gigabit capable connections in new build developments. This legislation would amend the Building Act 1984 so that Building Regulations require all new build developments to have the infrastructure to support gigabit-capable connections. It will also require developers to work with broadband companies, and to contribute financially, to install gigabit-capable connections in virtually all new build developments, up to a cost cap.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 7756 question first answered 05/11/2019 13:50:52 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1167383

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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
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 she has made of the potential merits of including prospective premises in the Open Market Review that takes place prior to the procurement exercise for a new fibre roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	7755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>When an Open Market Review (OMR) data set is pulled together all serviceable premises which are eligible for funding are included. This uses a unique premises reference number, which is how the individual sites in a procurement are defined. This is allocated at planning permission stage so they could theoretically be included, however there would only be a benefit in doing so if the build timescales aligned to the proposed intervention of that particular project</p><p> </p><p>In the recent Queen’s Speech, there was reference to our intention to bring forward secondary legislation in relation to new build. If successful this would compel developers to work with network providers to make gigabit capable infrastructure available from day one. This would make the inclusion of these premises in an OMR process academic.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 05/11/2019 13:52:22 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1167384

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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
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 steps she has taken since her Department's consultation on the standard of connectivity in new build developments to improve connectivity for new builds.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	7756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Ensuring new homes are built with the future in mind, ready to accept the next generation of digital infrastructure, remains vitally important. My Department consulted last year on proposals to ensure that all new build homes have gigabit-capable connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>In the Queen’s Speech the government committed to legislate to mandate the installation of gigabit capable connections in new build developments. This legislation would amend the Building Act 1984 so that Building Regulations require all new build developments to have the infrastructure to support gigabit-capable connections. It will also require developers to work with broadband companies, and to contribute financially, to install gigabit-capable connections in virtually all new build developments, up to a cost cap.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 7754 question first answered 05/11/2019 13:50:52 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1167540

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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	Internet: Disinformation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to work with (1) website providers, and (2) social media providers, to ban image-based abuse made using deepfake technology.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online. We intend to establish in law a new duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator. Ahead of the implementation of the new regulatory framework, we continue to work closely with companies to encourage them to take early action to address online harms.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Ministry of Justice have also engaged the Law Commission on a second phase of their review of abusive and offensive online communications. As part of this the Law Commission will also look at the criminal law around the non-consensual taking and sharing of intimate images. This includes the creation and sharing of deepfake images. The review will look at existing offences and identify whether there are any gaps in the scope of the protection already offered to victims, making recommendations to ensure that the criminal law provides consistent and effective protection against the creation and sharing of intimate images without consent.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 05/11/2019 13:58:54 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1167013

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: International Men's Day
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 plans her Department has to mark International Men's Day on 19 November 2019.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	7092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>No one should suffer unfair treatment because of their gender. Every year International Men’s Day offers an opportunity to highlight how outcomes for men and boys can be improved and to talk about some of the important work going on every day across Government to do this.</p><p> </p><p>The work ranges from the introduction of shared parental leave, which allows men to take time away from the workplace and bond with their new children, benefitting that crucial long-term relationship for both parent and child, to our programme tackling LGBT bullying in schools which seeks to protect those who may be victimised by outdated and stereotypical ideas of what it means to be a ‘real man’.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also working with local authorities to ensure their suicide prevention plans support more men, and in the Domestic Abuse Bill we propose to create a statutory definition of domestic abuse that makes clear men also can be victims of this abhorrent crime.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/11/2019 13:56:18 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1167042

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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	Mobile Phones: Bishop Auckland
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 timescale is for provision of total mobile network coverage in Bishop Auckland constituency; and which operator will provide the network in that constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	7086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>On 25 October 2019, the Government announced in-principle support for a Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme, which is a proposal from the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to collectively increase 4G mobile coverage throughout the United Kingdom to 95% by 2025, underpinned by a legally binding coverage commitment from each operator to have reached more than 92% by 2026. The Government’s in-principle support remains subject to detailed negotiations with the MNOs, but our ambition is to reach a formal agreement on the SRN in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The exact site deployment plans and timescales will be managed by the MNOs themselves in order for them to best deliver the agreed coverage outcomes. So until the operators’ final radio planning exercise is complete, neither the Government nor the operators will know the precise location or number of new or upgraded masts. However, the operators will be consulting with local communities as they do so. The MNOs’ intention is to deliver this programme by the end of 2025.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 04/11/2019 11:11:35 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman