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48776

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the radio spectrum is earmarked for (a) military purposes, (b) radar purposes and (c) public service broadcasting.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	196840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Officials have consulted Ofcom who hold such information. Ofcom advise that they do not hold such information for bands below 87.5MHz, but have provided information for bands from 87.5MHz-30GHz.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has identified the proportion of spectrum accessed for public sector uses (not limited to the military), defined as all spectrum bands used by the public sector with Crown immunity (i.e. without need for authorisation by Ofcom). For the purpose of this analysis, this category includes all aeronautical uses of spectrum.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Crown use of spectrum as a % of total weighted spectrum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>87.5 MHz</p></td><td><p>30 GHz</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>26% of the total weighted spectrum in the 87.5MHz to 30 GHz is allocated for radiolocation services/radar.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom cannot provide specific information with regards to spectrum in use for public service broadcasting as the national allocation of frequencies does not distinguish between public service broadcasting and non-public service broadcasting. The table below provides information with regards to the proportion of total weighted spectrum in use for terrestrial broadcasting, split into TV and radio.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Terrestrial broadcasting spectrum as a % of total weighted spectrum</p></td><td><p>TV</p></td><td><p>Radio</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>87.5 MHz</p></td><td><p>30 GHz</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

48778

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the (a) 30-300MHz, (b) 300-3000MHz and (c) 3-30GHz bands of the radio spectrum is in the operation of the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	196838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Officials have consulted Ofcom who hold such information. Ofcom advise that they do not hold such information for bands below 87.5MHz (as frequencies above this are considered to be the most important and usable), but have provided information for bands from 87.5MHz-30GHz.</p><p> </p><p>The table provides an overview of the proportion of total weighted spectrum accessed for market uses by band.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Lower frequency</p></td><td><p>Upper frequency</p></td><td><p>Spectrum authorised for Market uses as a % of total weighted spectrum</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>87.5 MHz</p></td><td><p>328.6 MHz</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>328.6 MHz</p></td><td><p>3.1 GHz</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3.1 GHz</p></td><td><p>30 GHz</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Public Sector Spectrum Release Programme aims to release 500MHz of sub-5GHz spectrum from public sector use by 2020. The most recent Programme update can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spectrum-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spectrum-strategy</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

48465

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many paintings, artefacts and other objects were lent from the collections of grant-in-aid funded national museums and galleries to other grant-in-aid funded national museums and galleries in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	196682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has collected and published the following data about the number of venues in the United Kingdom to which the sponsored national museums have lent objects from their collections.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of UK loan venues</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Institution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Museum</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial War Museum</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Gallery</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Maritime Museum</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Museums Liverpool</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science Museum Group <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Portrait Gallery</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Natural History Museum</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armouries</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sir John Soane's Museum</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tate Gallery</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victoria and Albert Museum</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallace Collection <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>From 2011-12, the total includes figures for the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, following its merger with the Science Museum Group.</p><p><sup>2</sup> The Wallace Collection cannot lend items under terms of its bequest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 196689 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

48469

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 145W on consultants, how much spending on consultancy was spent on (a) Olympic delivery, (b) the broadband delivery programme and (c) other consultancy spending.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	196665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has spent the following amounts on consultancy services since 2010-11:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost Directly Related to The Olympics</p></td><td><p>101,712</p></td><td><p>103,293</p></td><td><p>92,753</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>BDUK Consultancy Costs</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2,041,495</p></td><td><p>3,983,283</p></td><td><p>3,304,915</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Consultancy</p></td><td><p>247,860</p></td><td><p>133,771</p></td><td><p>297,835</p></td><td><p>109,536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 349,572 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,278,559 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,373,871 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,414,451</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures for 2013-14 are currently unaudited. The figures now include the expenditure on external legal advice related to programme support, but excludes spending on legal services from the Treasury Solicitor and the providers of recruitment services. This has been done in order to arrive at figures that more directly relate to the providers of consultancy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

48471

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many paintings, artefacts and other objects were lent from the collections of grant-in-aid funded national museums and galleries to regional museums and galleries in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	196689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has collected and published the following data about the number of venues in the United Kingdom to which the sponsored national museums have lent objects from their collections.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of UK loan venues</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Institution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Museum</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial War Museum</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Gallery</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Maritime Museum</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Museums Liverpool</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science Museum Group <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Portrait Gallery</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Natural History Museum</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armouries</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sir John Soane's Museum</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tate Gallery</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victoria and Albert Museum</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallace Collection <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>From 2011-12, the total includes figures for the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, following its merger with the Science Museum Group.</p><p><sup>2</sup> The Wallace Collection cannot lend items under terms of its bequest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 196682 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

48472

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 311W, on public expenditure, what the (a) actual 2010-11 income and (b) projected 2015-16 income is for the Heritage Lottery Fund.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	196718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>In 2010/11, the Heritage Lottery Fund's net income from the National Lottery (after its contribution to the Olympics had been deducted) was £217 million. Based on the current level of ticket sales, HLF income from the Lottery in 2015/16 is estimated to be £360 million.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman