Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on implementing small-scale DAB radio.
Answered by Nigel Adams
DCMS brought forward detailed secondary legislation that will allow Ofcom to licence small-scale DAB radio multiplex services in June 2019. The small-scale Radio Multiplex and Community Digital Radio Order 2019 completed its Commons and Lords committee stages where it received cross party support. We expect the Order will shortly complete its final stage of a Motion from the House of Commons.
The next phase is for Ofcom to complete the consultation on their plans to license small-scale DAB, using the new powers the Government is proposing, through Parliament, to give them. Ofcom expect to be able to publish a post-consultation Statement early next year, at which point Ofcom plan to begin the process of advertising new small-scale radio multiplex licences.
Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on implementing small-scale DAB radio.
Answered by Nigel Adams
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Douglas Chapman (Scottish National Party - Dunfermline and West Fife)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the level of tourism from the US to Scotland in 2017.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
In 2015, there were just over 400,000 visits by US residents to Scotland, with a total spend of £390.9 million. Although tourism is devolved, Visit Britain work with Visit Scotland to promote the whole of the UK overseas. This includes a £10m, three year marketing partnership with Expedia, which is specifically aimed at the US market. Additionally, the Prime Minister's Tourism Action Plan is working to encourage visitors to explore the whole of the UK and grow the industry as a whole.