Ben Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Social Media: SubversionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to prevent foreign actors from influencing UK democratic processes through social media.
Answer: The Government takes the integrity and security of our democratic processes seriously, including the threat of influence from foreign actors.The UK’s Online Safety Act, will capture disinformation aimed at disrupting elections where it is a criminal offen...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordShared Rural NetworkDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether there are funds available under the Shared Rural Network; and whether he has plans to use the network to eliminate partial non-spots in North Cornwall constituency.
Answer: North Cornwall has already benefited from the industry-funded part of the Shared Rural Network which aimed to tackle the majority of partial not-spots across the UK. In North Cornwall, 4G coverage from all four mobile network operators has risen from 68% ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of attaching emergency batteries for mobile phones to telephone masts in rural areas.
Answer: Communications providers have a statutory responsibility to take measures to identify, prepare for and reduce anything that compromises the availability, performance or functionality of their networks and services. Some mobile phone masts have battery bac...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet Protocol: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that rural communities remain connected following the digital switchover.
Answer: The digital switchover is an industry led programme. Customers in rural communities will not have their landlines migrated to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) without an available stable internet connection (VoIP only requires a minimum speed of 0.5mbp...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) improve internet services for rural communities and (b) ensure that internet companies do not have monopolies in rural areas.
Answer: The government helped create a competition-friendly environment which supports over 100 providers in the UK deploying broadband in commercially viable areas. Through Project Gigabit, the government is delivering gigabit-capable broadband to UK premises th...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTelecommunications: CornwallDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the (a) reliability and (b) longevity of back-up Voice over Internet Protocol phone batteries for vulnerable people; how many (i) tel
Answer: On 18 November, the Department published guidance which defines the groups of vulnerable people to whom Communication Providers must provide extra support as they are migrated from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to Voice over Internet Protoc...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBroadband: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure equality of access to rural fibre-optic infrastructure.
Answer: Poor internet access can pose significant challenges for rural and urban communities alike, which is why the government is determined to improve access and promote digital participation. The Government is committed to improving broadband access in rural a...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
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