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1547351

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	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	Television Licences: Non-payment
	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 pensioners have been prosecuted for non-payment of the TV Licence fee in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	101060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a TV Licence is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice currently publishes the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV licence fees annually as part of their criminal justice statistics quarterly publications, which can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>Figures for each year since 2005 up to 2022 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, and can be found in the following dataset:</p><ul><li><p>2018-2022: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx</a></p></li></ul><p>To view the relevant figures in these tables, select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter. These figures can be refined further by age to identify an age range of 70+, it is impossible to provide the data for 'pensioners' as that is a diverse group that cannot be filtered purely by age.</p><p>The data for individuals aged 70+ are the following:</p><ul><li><p>​2022 - 260 proceeded against &amp; 217 sentenced</p></li><li><p>2021 - 238 proceeded against &amp; 207 sentenced</p></li><li><p><del class="ministerial">2022</del> <ins class="ministerial">2020 </ins>- 329 proceeded against &amp; 288 sentenced</p></li></ul><p>Alternative data does also show no Over 75s have been prosecuted and that none of the prosecutions have resulted in custodial sentences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 07/12/2022 16:17:04 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2022 09:17:36 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez previous answer version 40369 answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
	tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1255855

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	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	Commonwealth Games 2022: Dudley
	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 he has to ensure that long-term unemployed people in Dudley benefit from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth games.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Marco Longhi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	121383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games provide a unique and significant opportunity to accelerate employment and skills opportunities for residents across the West Midlands. The government is working closely with our Games partners to ensure we make the most of these opportunities.</p><p>The West Midlands Combined Authority has recently launched a Commonwealth Games Jobs and Skills Academy which seeks to link West Midlands residents to the thousands of training, volunteering and employment opportunities that the Games will create, with a focus on the most vulnerable at risk groups, including the long-term unemployed.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are working with the local Chamber of Commerce's and other West Midlands business groups to promote procurement opportunities locally. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong></strong></ins><br /><br /></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 03/12/2020 15:02:44 question first ministerially corrected 07/12/2020 11:25:41 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 66354 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4789 label Biography information for Marco Longhi

1176158

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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	Civil Society
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2019 to Question 665, on Third Sector, what further progress his Department has made on establishing a cross-government group.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	12433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p><strong>Government recognises the need to work with<ins class="ministerial"> the</ins> civil society<ins class="ministerial"> sector</ins> to establish principles of effective civil society involvement in the policy-making process. My officials have started to scope a programme of work and the details of this will be set out in due course. </strong></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 11/02/2020 17:31:46 question first ministerially corrected 11/02/2020 17:42:07 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 6372 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1282070

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2021
	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 League: Coronavirus
	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 support he has made available to National League football clubs in (a) Slough and (b) England to ensure they can continue playing for the rest of the season.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	145866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We have introduced a number of measures since the start of the pandemic to support tourism businesses, including those in Suffolk. This includes the extended furlough and self-employed schemes and various government-backed loans, grant schemes, business rates relief and a reduced VAT rate.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To help the sector through the current lockdown, we have announced one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property. This is in addition to the monthly Local Restrictions Support Grants (Closed). Local Authorities in England have also been given an additional £594 million discretionary funding to support their local businesses. This builds on the £1.1 billion discretionary funding which local authorities in England have already received to support their local economies and help businesses impacted.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Both my Department and VisitEngland remain in regular contact with regional tourism stakeholders to assess the substantial economic effects around the country.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">On 19 November 2020, the government announced a £300 million Sports Winter Survival Package (SWSP) to provide a lifeline to organisations that would otherwise not survive the winter as a result of the restriction on spectators announced from 1 October. A provisional allocation of £25 million was made to support the National League, covering steps one to six, aiming to protect the immediate future of non-league football in England. A further announcement on 27 January 2021 confirmed that Steps 3-6 of the National League system will receive up to £10 million of grant support from the Package to protect the immediate future of approximately 850 clubs over the winter period. Sport England and the Independent Board are currently finalising the details of this support, which will include any support for National League clubs in Slough, should they be eligible. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The SWSP support is in addition to the £10 million emergency package we facilitated for the National League from the National Lottery, in October last year, has benefitted the 66 clubs in the steps 1 and 2, and has enabled them to continue playing behind closed doors after the return of fans was paused last autumn.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The support packages that have been available to the National League are in addition to the multi-billion pound package of cross-sector business support from the Government that has enabled many sports clubs and leisure businesses to survive, including the furlough scheme and business interruption loan scheme. Sports have accessed many hundreds of millions of pounds of support through this.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government remains committed to engaging across the sector to maintain a complete picture of the financial impact of Covid-19 to ensure sports venues survive this difficult period wherever possible.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 03/02/2021 14:37:43 question first ministerially corrected 04/02/2021 09:01:59 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 79684 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1287575

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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	Pornography: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that forthcoming legislative proposals on preventing children's exposure to pornographic content online apply equally to all pornographic websites accessible by children.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	155215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In negotiations with the EU, the UK proposed expanding a list of activities for Short Term Business Visitors to cover musicians, artists and their accompanying staff. This would have enabled musicians, artists and support staff to tour and perform in the EU without needing work-permits. I deeply regret that the EU rejected our proposals.There is scope to return to this issue in the future should the EU change its mind.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">UK performers and artists are of course still able to tour and perform in the EU, and vice versa. However, they will be required to check domestic immigration rules for each Member State in which they intend to tour. This is because, while some Member States may allow paid performances without a visa or work permit, others will require musicians, artists and other creative professionals to obtain a visa or work permit, in the same way that they are required for other international artists.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is looking at how we can work with our partners in EU Member States to find ways to make life easier for the creative industries touring in the EU.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We understand the concerns of the sector regarding the new arrangements and we are committed to supporting them as they get to grips with the changes to systems and processes. The DCMS-led working group on creative and cultural touring, which involves sector representatives and other key government departments, is looking at the issues and options to help the sectors resume touring with ease as soon as it is safe to do so.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Protecting children is at the heart of our online harms agenda, and wider government priorities. Under our proposals, social media, websites, apps and other services which host user-generated content or facilitate online user interaction (including video and image sharing, commenting and live streaming) will be subject to a duty of care, giving them new responsibilities towards their users. The online harms regime will capture both the most visited pornography sites and pornography on social media, therefore covering the vast majority of sites where children are most likely to be exposed to pornography.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We expect companies to use age assurance or age verification technologies to prevent children from accessing services which pose the highest risk of harm to children, such as online pornography. We are working closely with stakeholders across industry to establish the right conditions for the market to deliver age assurance and age verification technical solutions ahead of the legislative requirements coming into force.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/03/2021 17:32:09 question first ministerially corrected 06/04/2021 10:03:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 86254 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1289556

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2021
	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: Coronavirus
	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 how long international tourism will take to return to previous levels as covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	158074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Since the start of the first lockdown, we’ve provided a range of targeted measures to see the UK tourism sector through COVID-19. On top of the Government’s wider economic support package, we've provided business rates relief and grants for many in the sector, as well as a substantial cut in VAT for tourism and hospitality activities until the end of March. The Chancellor will deliver the Budget on 3 March, in which he will set out the next phase of our plan to tackle the pandemic and build back better.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that heightened travel restrictions are significantly impacting international tourism and we are closely monitoring the situation. We will continue to engage with stakeholders via the Tourism Industry Council to assess how we can most effectively support the sector’s recovery.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Global Travel Taskforce last year committed the Government to publish a Tourism Recovery Plan in support of the sector. The Government intends to set out proposals in the Spring, including plans for a marketing campaign to welcome visitors back to the UK as soon as it is safe to do so. </ins></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial">The Department for Transport will lead a successor to the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/global-travel-taskforce-recommendations" target="_blank">Global Travel Taskforce</a>, with an ambition to develop a framework that can facilitate greater inbound and outbound travel as soon as the time is right, while still managing the risk from imported cases and variants. It will report on 12 April.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 01/03/2021 16:40:34 question first ministerially corrected 04/03/2021 10:11:37 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston previous answer version 86104 answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1311549

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2021
	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	Choirs: Coronavirus
	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 assessment he has made of the timescale for allowing choirs to sing (a) indoors and (b) outdoors as covid-19 restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Tynemouth
	tabling member printed	Sir Alan Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	185798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>Non-professional performing arts activities such as choirs are currently permitted outdoors, within the legal gathering limits. People should only take part in non-professional performing arts activities outdoors in groups of up to 6 people, or as a group of 2 households. A group made up of 2 households can include more than 6 people, but only where all members of the group are from the same 2 households (each household can include an existing support bubble, if eligible). Social distancing should be maintained between people who do not live together or share a bubble.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">Non-professional activity indoors is not permitted indoors at this time. The intention is that this will be permitted from Step 3 of the Roadmap (no earlier than 17 May). This is subject to review and further guidance will be provided in advance of step 3.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">Rules on outdoor singing for non-professionals will be relaxed at Step 3 of the roadmap and no earlier than 17 May, in line with the changes to social contact limits and wider performing arts activity restarting. Amateur singing indoors, is expected to return at Step 4 of the Roadmap and no earlier than 21 June.</del></p><p> </p><p>COVID-19 spreads from person to person through small droplets, aerosols and through direct contact. Singing, playing some musical instruments, shouting and physical activity increases the risk of transmission through small droplets and aerosols. The cumulative effect of aerosol transmission means the more people involved, the higher the risk of transmission. This means that it is currently important to limit the total number of individuals involved in singing as far as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/04/2021 13:27:02 question first ministerially corrected 29/04/2021 12:48:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 99799 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	529 label Biography information for Sir Alan Campbell

1012473

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: GoldenTree Asset Management
	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 (a) he or (b) officials from his Department have (i) met or (ii) been in correspondence with representatives from GoldenTree Asset Management since his appointment.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>I updated the House on Monday 19th November regarding Johnston Press. Johnston Press had a number of creditors including Golden Tree Asset Management, Fidelity, Caravel Asset Management, and Benefits Street Partners. As I set out on 19 November, a consortium of creditors formed JPI Media to take over the assets of Johnston Press. DCMS has been in contact with a number of stakeholders in relation to the takeover<del class="ministerial">.</del><ins class="ministerial">:I spoke with David King (Chief Executive of JPI Media) and John Ensall (Director at JPI Media). Officials at DCMS have also spoken to representatives of Johnston Press and JPI Media. </ins></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 27/11/2018 14:57:08 question first ministerially corrected 27/11/2018 18:02:20 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 87421 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1045572

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Culture: St Helens
	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 funding his Department has allocated to arts and culture projects in St Helens Council in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in the table, since April 2013, Arts Council England has invested over £1 million in arts and culture projects in St Helens North including, National Lottery Grants for the Arts, Project Grants and through Music Education Hubs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014/15</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2015/16</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2016/17</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017/18</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2018/19 to date</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">National Portfolio Organisations</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 460,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Music Education Hubs</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ 196,771</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 198,850</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 258,548</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 255,889</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 252,312</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 252,419</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">GFTA/PG</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ 177,138</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 185,254</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 75,580</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 87,526</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 44,800</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 14,961</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Strategic Funding/Other</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£ 628,296</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 871,704</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ 1,651,550</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> £ - </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£ 1,002,205</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 384,104</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 1,205,832</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 1,994,965</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 297,112</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> £ 727,380</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>St Helens North</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013/2014</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014/2015</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015/2016</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016/2017</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017/2018</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Grants For The Arts/Project Grants</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 27,170</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 14,682</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 40,324</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£10,000</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£29,800</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Music Education Hubs</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 196,771</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 198,850</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 258,548</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£255,889</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£252,312</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 223,941</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 213,532</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£ 298,872</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£265,889</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£282,112</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/01/2019 12:36:09 question first ministerially corrected 31/01/2019 13:39:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 97120 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1045659

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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: Scotland
	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 has he made on the Local Full Fibre Networks Programme in rural locations throughout Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	210715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Programme has the following Scottish projects and potential projects:</p><p> </p><p><strong>LFFN Wave 2 Challenge Fund</strong></p><p>Highland Council are planning to use the SWAN Framework to implement a gigabit fibre network to 152 public buildings in Inverness, Fort William, Thurso and Wick - awarded £4.3m BDUK Funding. This project is in preparation stage for the 'Ready to Procure' Assurance Gate.</p><p> </p><p><strong>LFFN Wave 3 Challenge Fund</strong></p><p>Shetland Council have successfully passed the LFFN Investment Panel stage and are working on the final Business case to go through Assurance Gate A and if approved will be issued with a letter of offer for £2m BDUK Funding</p><p>Tay Cities combined authority are in the dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area.</p><p>Renfrewshire Council are at the pre-dialogue stage regarding a potential LFFN project in their area</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To the end of September 2018 across Scotland, there have been 87 gigabit vouchers connected (value £243,953). A report up to the end of December 2018 will be released early in February</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/01/2019 18:04:37 question first ministerially corrected 30/01/2019 08:51:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 98327 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair