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749331

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	21st Century Fox: Sky
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 will make a decision on referring the 21st Century Fox bid for Sky to the Competition and Markets Authority before the summer recess; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	3592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Gentleman to the oral statement made to the House on 29 June [Official Report 29 June; Vol 626 Col 762] by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, in particular to the response given to the Hon Member for Wellingborough [Col 770]</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:31:55 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

1124240

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	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, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the effect of banning Huawei equipment from non-core components of the 5G network on the speed of 5G rollout.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	249977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review in July 2018 set out the Government’s strategy for delivering 5G ambitions. The ambitions on 5G are for the UK to become a world leader in the technology and for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The terms of reference for the Telecoms Supply Chain Review were published on gov.uk on 8 November 2018. The decisions of the Review will be announced in due course and to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 249979 question first answered 08/05/2019 10:22:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1124242

registered interest
date	01/05/2019
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	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, whether the Government plans to change its 5G roll-out targets in light of the reported decision to limit the use of Huawei equipment in the UK's 5G infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	249979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review in July 2018 set out the Government’s strategy for delivering 5G ambitions. The ambitions on 5G are for the UK to become a world leader in the technology and for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The terms of reference for the Telecoms Supply Chain Review were published on gov.uk on 8 November 2018. The decisions of the Review will be announced in due course and to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 249977 question first answered 08/05/2019 10:22:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
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

1149933

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Age Appropriate Design Code
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 will take to encourage relevant online service providers to conform with Age Appropriate Design Code provisions.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>It is vital we have world-leading standards which protect children's privacy when they are online. That is why we included provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018 requiring the Information Commissioner to produce the age- appropriate design code. We are working closely with the Information Commissioner's Office as they finalise the code and Ministers have met the ICO to discuss the development of the code.</p><p> </p><p>The Act requires the Information Commissioner to submit the code to the Secretary of State within 18 months of the Act being passed. Once submitted, we will lay the code in Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable. We will work closely with the ICO as they support industry to implement the code, to ensure that the code is a success and delivers the protections that children deserve.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner's Office will enforce the code and the underlying data protection standards in line with its Regulatory Action Policy.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 931 933 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:16:13 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1149939

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Age Appropriate Design Code
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 she will make it her policy to lay the Age Appropriate Design Code before Parliament before the end of 2019.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>It is vital we have world-leading standards which protect children's privacy when they are online. That is why we included provisions in the Data Protection Act 2018 requiring the Information Commissioner to produce the age- appropriate design code. We are working closely with the Information Commissioner's Office as they finalise the code and Ministers have met the ICO to discuss the development of the code.</p><p> </p><p>The Act requires the Information Commissioner to submit the code to the Secretary of State within 18 months of the Act being passed. Once submitted, we will lay the code in Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable. We will work closely with the ICO as they support industry to implement the code, to ensure that the code is a success and delivers the protections that children deserve.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner's Office will enforce the code and the underlying data protection standards in line with its Regulatory Action Policy.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman grouped question UIN 931 932 question first answered 21/10/2019 14:16:13 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

794506

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Arts: EU Grants and Loans
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 it is her Department's policy that the UK should continue to pay in and be a member of the Creative Europe programme once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	115479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to supporting the UK creative industries and are consulting closely with stakeholders to ensure that any ongoing funding commitments best serve the UK's national interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister made clear in her speech in Florence that, where possible, and where they are greatly to the UK and EU's joint advantage, we will want to continue taking part in specific policies and programmes like Creative Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/11/2017 17:07:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1005860

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
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	Association of British Bookmakers and Remote Gambling 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 he has met any representatives from (a) the Association of British Bookmakers and (b) the Remote Gambling Association since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	190389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Hon member would expect, details of Ministerial meetings are set out in regular transparency returns.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/11/2018 16:12:10 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1082642

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	BBC: Disability Aids
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 discussions he has had with the BBC on improving their subtitling service.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	229124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>As the UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom is responsible for setting targets and holding broadcasters including the BBC to account for delivering subtitling services.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/03/2019 11:07:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest