Written questions

488 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to implement the Connect the Classroom pilot project.

5 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of schools in England that do not have access to gigabit broadband.

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her announcement of 27 June 2022 on the telecoms industry's agreement to a new cost-of-living plan, what data she used to determine that social tariffs are available ac

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of households that will be in receipt of her proposals to tackle the cost of living by providing support for broadband.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has a fixed time frame for the implementation of the cost of living proposals on tackling rising broadband costs.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the Government defines a low-income household in the context of financial support for broadband costs.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telephone Services: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on (a) Openreach and (b) other network operators increasing network service prices in 2021.

14 Jun 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Radio: Smart Devices

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason the Government did not commit to the recommendation set out in the Digital Radio and Audio Review on introducing a set of rules to guarantee access to UK radio on smart s

24 May 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Markets Unit: Powers

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide the Digital Markets Unit with statutory powers in the parliamentary session 2022-23.

16 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is able to provide a timescale for the publication of further detail on the policy announcement to provide gigabit-capable broadband to all schools by 2025.

16 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Department will take the lead on delivering gigabit-capable broadband to all schools by 2025.

16 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to engage with Altnets as part of its discussions with commercial providers on delivering gigabit-capable broadband to all schools by 2025.

16 May 2022 · Department for Education

Broadband: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential role of Altnets in providing gigabit-capable broadband to all schools by 2025.

25 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Channel Four Television: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish the responses in full to the consultation on a change of ownership of Channel 4 Television Corporation.

25 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Channel Four Television: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether a full impact assessment was carried out before the decision was made to privatise Channel 4.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Channel Four Television and Netflix: Streaming

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of Netflix’s loss of 200,000 subscribers and more than 35 per cent fall in market value in the first quarter of 2022 com

20 Apr 2022 · Department for Transport

Driverless Vehicles: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help deliver the National Cyber Strategy 2022 commitment to a Connected and Automated Vehicles Process for Assuring Safety and Security.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cybersecurity: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking with the Department for Education to promote early years cyber security education.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans on including cyber risk management as a core part of the forthcoming corporate governance reforms.

19 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office

Business: Innovation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department intends to open the National Cyber Innovation Centre.

19 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to collate current incident reports and threat information to help create a nationwide measurement of cyber threats.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Ofcom will be allocated extra resources when the regulation of social media platforms becomes part of its remit.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Broadband: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all schools will receive lightning-fast gigabit capable broadband by 2025.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Channel Four Television: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential economic impact of the privatisation of Channel 4.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Radio: Commercial Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the content produced by BBC Sounds on the quality of output of commercial radio.

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Radio and Audio Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government will publish its response to the digital radio and audio review.

9 Mar 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Females: Northern Ireland

What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources for women's services in Northern Ireland.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Audio Content Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to continue the £1 million-a-year of support it provides to the Audio Content Fund as part of the Government’s creative industries investment programme.

17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Ogmore

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in Ogmore consti

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones: Surcharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will publish documentation that sets out how proposals to maintain surcharge free mobile roaming were proposed by the Government and rejected by the EU Commission during the UK's

Source: official written-questions record.