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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish its funding scheme to compensate owners of equipment affected by the clearing of the 700 MHz band of radio spectrum for mobile network operators.

Frequencies in the 700MHz spectrum band are being cleared as part of a programme to ensure that spectrum frequencies are used as efficiently as possible, and to allow them to be used to support demand for new mobile broadband services in the future.

In the vast majority of cases viewers should have seen no difference to their Freeview TV services. A simple re-tune of TV equipment should have restored services following a clearance event. A support scheme is available to viewers that have been affected by a clearance event. A help line is available to assist with concerns and provide advice on how to retune TV equipment.