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date	29/08/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Objects in Lieu of Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of works of art accepted in lieu of inheritance tax was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	207429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy.</p><p>The total value of items accepted under the Acceptance-in-Lieu Scheme for the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2009 £19.8m</p><p>2010 £15.7m</p><p>2011 £8.3m</p><p>2012 £31.3m</p><p>2013 £49.4m*</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*includes the first item accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme which operates from the same budget as the Acceptance-in-Lieu Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/09/2014 09:57:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

89520

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	EU Law
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 new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	207255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2010, DCMS has transposed four EU directives into UK law; and four EU regulations have come into effect within our areas of responsibility.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 13:14:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

89521

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average (a) download and (b) upload speed in (i) the UK, (ii) the South East, (iii) Berkshire and (iv) Windsor constituency was on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	207534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom’s October 2013 Infrastructure Report reported that download modem sync speeds in May 2013 were 17.7Mbit/s for the UK, 17.6Mbit/s for South East England, 19.2Mbit/s for Berkshire, and 18.5Mbit/s for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Average upload speeds were not published in the infrastructure report. However in Ofcom’s UK fixed-line broadband performance report for November 2013 reported an average actual upload speed of 2.3Mbit/s for UK residential fixed-line broadband connections, but they did not publish a geographic breakdown.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 13:10:49 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

89522

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Brass Bands
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 requests for funding have been made to the Arts Council by brass bands in each of the last three years; and how many such requests were (a) accepted in full, (b) accepted in part and (c) rejected.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	207353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>A list of the eligible applications to the Arts Council in the last three years in the sub-art form “Brass and Silver bands” will be placed in the libraries of both Houses. However, some activity for which brass bands play a constituent part may not be included, as the wider activity has not been classified specifically as such. Ineligible applications are not recorded by sub-art form.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 13:08:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies