Oral QuestionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

What steps his Department is taking to help deliver a shared rural mobile network.

Tabled: 10 February 2020Answered: 13 February 2020

Asked by

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

Answering Minister

the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Answer from Hansard

Dame Diana Johnson

That is an important point, and we are actively exploring all ways that we can improve guidance around redaction, streamline current processes, make better use of technology, and ultimately reduce unnecessary burdens on the police and prosecutors, so that they can get on with their primary task of keeping the public safe and putting away criminals.