Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of residential addresses in the parish of Hatton are currently within reach of superfast broadband.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Department does not hold parish level data.
However, current estimates suggest that almost 85% of premises in the Warrington South constituency are subject to commercial rollout, and a further 9% of premises (4,615) now have coverage as a result of this Government's Superfast Broadband programme.
Based on DCMS modelled estimates and current delivery plans, 97.7% of premises in the Warrington South constituency will have access to superfast broadband by December 2017. Early gainshare funding that BT will return in response to the high levels of take-up being achieved, could help extend coverage further.
In addition, the Government's intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation will give people the legal right to request a broadband connection, no matter where they live, by the end of this Parliament. Our ambition is that this should be set at 10 Mbps.
Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress is being made on providing a system for mobile phone networks to share their transmissions.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The installation and sharing infrastructure to provide mobile phone coverage is a commercial decision for mobile network operators (MNOs). Some MNOs provide wholesale access to their networks to other mobile services providers called Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), such as Asda and TalkTalk. According to Ofcom’s 2014 Infrastructure Report there were 41 MVNOs in the UK as at June 2014.
Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to support community football teams.
Answered by Helen Grant
The Government supports community clubs in a number of ways, including through Sport England’s Inspired Facilities, Protected Playing Fields, and Flood Relief funds. We are also investing with the Premier League and the Football Association over £100 million to the Football Foundation’s Facilities Fund over the next three years to improving grassroots facilities at clubs across the country.