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789221

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Arts: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend creative tax relief to new sectors.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	113062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The creative sector tax reliefs provide support to ensure that creative industries thrive in the UK. There are currently seven schemes, covering film, animation, high-end TV, children’s TV, video games, theatre and orchestra.</p><p> </p><p>The government has recently legislated for an eighth creative sector relief, for museums and galleries.</p><p> </p><p>The government keeps all tax reliefs under review.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/11/2017 14:42:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

788434

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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, to what proportion of UK Premises superfast broadband is available.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	112607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Over 94 per cent of UK homes and businesses can now access superfast broadband and coverage is on track to reach 95 per cent by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>Superfast broadband coverage will extend beyond that to at least another 2 per cent of premises. For those not covered by superfast broadband we will ensure universal broadband coverage of at least 10Mbps.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/11/2017 10:03:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

788435

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	4G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in what proportion of UK premises 4G is available.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	112608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>As of June 2016, there was 90% geographic voice coverage across the UK from at least one Mobile Network Operator (MNO), and 96% of UK premises had indoor 4G coverage from at least one MNO.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 112610 question first answered 16/11/2017 10:10:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

788436

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in what proportion of the UK geographic area voice coverage is available.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	112610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>As of June 2016, there was 90% geographic voice coverage across the UK from at least one Mobile Network Operator (MNO), and 96% of UK premises had indoor 4G coverage from at least one MNO.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 112608 question first answered 16/11/2017 10:10:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

788507

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his officials in Israel or the Palestinian Territories met the Right hon. Member for Witham between 13 and 25 August 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	112611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>​It is longstanding practice under successive Governments that we do not routinely disclose information relating to internal discussion and advice. My Rt Hon. Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) resigned as Secretary of State for International Development on 8 November. I refer the Hon Member to the exchange of letters between my Rt Hon. Friend the member for Witham (Ms Patel) and the Prime Minister on her resignation; and to the statement issued by my Rt Hon. Friend on 6 November, a copy of which is available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/11/2017 17:53:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

788508

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when officials of his Department in (a) Israel and the Palestinian Territories and (b) London first became aware that the Right hon. Member for Witham visited Israel in the summer of 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	112609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>​I refer the Rt Hon Member to my answer to written question 112026 of 13 November.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/11/2017 17:50:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

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

773879

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Cultural Heritage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether recovery funding, as laid out in the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, is available to public cultural institutions that incur security costs due to terrorist attacks.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	108849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Recovery funding is not covered by the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Following a terrorist attack, as with any emergency, the relevant department or departments responsible for the sectors affected may consider whether to provide recovery funding. I also refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s answer to PQ 106697.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2017 14:32:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 17141 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
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