Mentions:
1: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) The roll-out of broadband and Project Gigabit in North Shropshire is very welcome, but the mobile signal - Speech Link
2: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) Interestingly, respondents to a survey conducted by Building Digital UK cited poor mobile coverage as - Speech Link
3: Dan Poulter (Con - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) towers are often used to support broadband masts. - Speech Link
4: Ben Everitt (Con - Milton Keynes North) Improving rural connectivity is about tackling regional inequalities and the digital exclusion that we - Speech Link
5: Chris Evans (LAB - Islwyn) meet communication needs or through online information about available services. - Speech Link
Dec. 14 2023
Source Page: BDUK school benefit survey resultsFound: School Benefit Survey Results Part of the Rural Gigabit Connectivity (RGC) Hubs Evaluation •Building Digital
Mentions:
1: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) They suggest online banking, but in many remote and rural communities, there is no broadband, so people - Speech Link
2: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) bank branches offer (such as post office, mobile banking vans), indicating perhaps a lack of adequate communication - Speech Link
3: Greene, Jamie (Con - West Scotland) I encourage others to do so, so that we can continue the debate.On the member’s point about communication - Speech Link
4: Kerr, Stephen (Con - Central Scotland) Although digital banking offers efficiency, it cannot replace the versatility and dignity that cash grants - Speech Link
Nov. 29 2023
Source Page: Scotland’s Full Fibre CharterFound: access across Scotland.Good digital connectivity – and, with it, more easily available access to the
Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) by two MPs—one for a constituency of the same name, and me, the MP for Tiverton and Honiton. - Speech Link
2: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) of £7.8 million of clawback money, which it had received from BT in connection with the provision of broadband - Speech Link
3: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) Adjournment debate is an interesting platform on which to do it, but engagement in the proper channels of communication - Speech Link
4: Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset) digital, rather than analogue; it must also take account of the times and demands, given that, as he - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) , poor levels of rural connectivity and broadband impact rural economies, limiting growth and inhibiting - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) the impact that could have if Ofcom is working off not totally reliable communication points. - Speech Link
3: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) have decent broadband connectivity. - Speech Link
4: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal, mentioned digital connectivity. - Speech Link
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Digital skills, channel preference, and access needs: Personal Independence Payment customersFound: Digital skills, channel preference, and access needs: Personal Independence Payment customers
Oct. 14 2009
Source Page: Consolidated version of general conditions as at 1 August 2009 (including annotations): schedule to the notification under section 48(1) of the Communications Act 2003. 80 p.Found: also other forms of communication, such as facsimil e and data; 5 means the Data Protection
Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) digital viewing platforms. - Speech Link
2: Stephanie Peacock (Lab - Barnsley East) their concern and acknowledged that not everyone has access to or can afford a broadband connection. - Speech Link
3: None ability to access digital technology? - Speech Link
4: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) , but we are lucky enough to have and be able to pay for a fast broadband connection and to live in a - Speech Link
Asked by: Duncan Baker (Conservative - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of supporting care homes that are transitioning to ultra-fast fibre broadband and facing potentially expensive (a) subscriptions and (b) hardware purchases.
Answered by John Whittingdale
Fast, reliable broadband is key for all establishments, including care homes. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has launched a series of interventions to accelerate the speed of rollout of gigabit-capable broadband. We are also investing £5bn through Project Gigabit to provide improved connectivity for the hardest to reach parts of the UK.
The Department of Health and Social Care is undertaking work this autumn to understand challenges care homes may be facing in improving their connectivity, and what future support might be necessary. DSIT and DHSC are in frequent communication about the merits of improved digital connectivity.