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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
UK Telecoms: Huawei

"My right hon. and learned Friend is quite right to make no comment at all on an apparent leak from an organisation like the National Security Council. But questions must be asked as to why a document such as this, of such huge national and international security importance, was being …..."
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Written Question
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Internet
Monday 26th March 2018

Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value was of those contracts in each of the last three years.

Answered by Margot James

We did not award any contracts to hyperscale cloud providers.

There was no requirement to award UK SMEs cloud hosting contracts in 2015 or 2016. In 2017 we awarded £41,850 to UK SMEs.

Written Question
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Internet
Thursday 8th March 2018

Asked by: James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to his department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of his Department that is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.

Answered by Margot James

DCMS does not centrally collect the specific data requested.

Information regarding contracts above the value of £10,000 is published on Contracts Finder on GOV.UK, available at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.

The Interception of Communications Commissioner and the Information Commissioner’s Office also have responsibilities in this area.