Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the access entitlements of communications providers under the Electronic Communications Code and those of electricity, gas and water companies.
In January 2014, DCMS published the report “Modelling the Economic Impact of Alternative Wayleave Regimes” which contained a comparative assessment of economic impact of the regimes used by the communications, energy and water sectors when using a wayleave to install, access and maintain equipment on private land. A copy of this report has been placed in the House of Commons library.