Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the Age-Verification Regulator for Online Pornography to publish its guidance.
Answered by Margot James
The Government has proposed the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) as the age verification regulator. The proposed designation has not yet been formally approved by Parliament. Once the designation has been made, the BBFC will make available its draft guidance and will engage with key stakeholders. The final draft guidance will be submitted to the Secretary of State for approval before it is laid in Parliament for approval from both Houses.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to provide a timetable and schedule of events for the Glasgow briefing on 1 November 2017 on 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme: Phase 1 funding competition.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The 5G briefing event in Glasgow will follow the same structure as the other briefing events taking place across the UK to support the launch of the first competition for the Government’s 5G Testbeds & Trials Programme.
The schedule for the event includes presentations from DCMS officials, which will cover the 5G Testbeds & Trials Programme and information on the Phase 1 funding competition. As the competition is being run in conjunction with Innovate UK, representatives will also have a chance to address the audience on the competition’s selection process and eligibility. Attendees will have the chance to ask questions on all areas discussed.
A full timetable and schedule is available on the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) website: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/events/dcms-5g-testbeds-trials-programme-briefing-glasgow
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what persons and organisations her Department plans to invite to the Glasgow briefing event on 1 November 2017 which is part of the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme: Phase 1 funding competition.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The 5G briefing event in Glasgow is one of three events taking place across the UK to support the launch of the first competition for the Government’s 5G Testbeds & Trials Programme. These events are open to potential bidders, including industry, academic institutions and local areas, and will help to prepare them to submit a proposal. We have advertised these events widely, emailing to over 9000 organisations across the whole of the UK, including Scottish Enterprise. Additional details are on the Innovate UK website, who are running the competition on behalf of DCMS.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2017 to Question 90, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of jobcentre closures in Glasgow East constituency on levels of digital exclusion.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Ministers and officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport meet regularly with their counterparts in the Department for Work and Pensions to discuss a range of issues including tackling digital exclusion.
The Digital Skills and Inclusion chapter of the Digital Strategy, published in March of this year, describes some of the many ways in which we are working across government and with industry and the charity sector to address the digital divide.
Responsibility for digital inclusion in Scotland is devolved, but the UK Government also funds Good Things Foundation to deliver the Future Digital Inclusion Programme. Good Things Foundation oversees the network of more than 5,000 UK Online Centres, including in Glasgow East.
Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if it is her Department's policy that 5G should be commercially available in at least one major city by 2020.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Government’s 5G strategy - published at Budget 2017 - sets out the framework and steps that we will take to ensure that the UK is at the forefront of 5G.
We are taking an active, facilitating role - not least through the 5G Programme of Testbeds and Trials - focused on helping to create the best conditions for the market to develop and deploy 5G in the UK in a timely and efficient manner.