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222899

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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: Wales
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 fibre broadband hub stations there are in each local government area in Wales; how many such hubs are live; and what the expected roll-out date is for each station.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	224961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Superfast broadband coverage in Wales has now reached over 1 million premises, over two-thirds of the total in Wales. 345,000 premises have gained coverage as a result of the Superfast Cymru broadband programme which has funding from the UK government, Welsh Government and European funds.</p><p> </p><p>The contract for Superfast Cymru is not based on delivery of cabinet or exchange upgrades, but instead requires target numbers of premises able to access superfast broadband. A list of exchanges and deployment status by local authority area is available on the Superfast Cymru website: <a href="http://www.superfast-cymru.com/where-and-when" target="_blank">http://www.superfast-cymru.com/where-and-when</a></p><p><br>Openreach publishes a list of exchanges accepting orders which can be searched at: <a href="https://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/" target="_blank">https://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 27/02/2015 11:24:51 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

222900

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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: Ashford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of broadband in the rural areas of Ashford constituency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	224847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Superfast broadband coverage in the Ashford constituency is expected to be around 92 per cent at the end of phase 2 of the superfast broadband programme, subject to agreement of a phase 2 contract by Kent County Council. It is also dependent on the extent of any practical delivery issues encountered during deployment of both publicly-funded and privately-funded superfast broadband networks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, 1,975 premises in rural Ashford and Shepway will gain coverage as a result of an additional £1,593,509 of government funding to Kent for rural community projects.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 27/02/2015 11:24:26 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

222459

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Battle of Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to commemorate the tercentenary of the Battle of Preston in 1715.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	224738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The DCMS does not have any plans to commemorate the tercentenary of the Battle of Preston.</p><p> </p><p>However, Government does recognise the importance of events like the Battle of Preston, and through the Heritage Lottery Fund, have made £10m available for projects marking some of the UK’s most important anniversaries and commemorative events.</p><p> </p><p>Details on how to apply to this contestable fund can be found here <strong>- <a href="http://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/news-features/funding-anniversaries" target="_blank">http://www.hlf.org.uk/about-us/news-features/funding-anniversaries</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/02/2015 16:22:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

222461

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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: Devon
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 Devon has access to superfast broadband; and what estimate he has made of what proportion of Devon will be covered by superfast broadband by the end of (a) 2015 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	224827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible for monitoring the UK broadband market and reported that superfast broadband was available to 45% of premises in Devon by June 2014. This could mostly be attributed to BT’s commercial roll-out.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s superfast broadband project for Devon and Somerset aims to deliver coverage to 211,000 superfast premises by the end of 2015. The project will increase coverage within the project area to 89% superfast by the end of 2016. This will be made up of commercial and publicly subsidised network build. Coverage beyond the end of the current project will depend on the result of the phase 2 procurement process. The Government has allocated £22.75m for the phase 2 project which the local authorities have committed to match with local and European funding.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Luxborough in Exmoor, Somerset is hosting a Government funded Market Test Pilot, which will soon be providing superfast satellite broadband services to over 200 premises. This will provide valuable information on how to take coverage even further by demonstrating the delivery of superfast broadband in the most commercially challenging locations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 224826 question first answered 25/02/2015 16:20:50 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

222462

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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: Devon
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 superfast broadband in Devon has been implemented by (a) BDUK and (b) BT commercially; and what estimate he has made of such figures at the end of (i) 2015 and (ii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	224826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible for monitoring the UK broadband market and reported that superfast broadband was available to 45% of premises in Devon by June 2014. This could mostly be attributed to BT’s commercial roll-out.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s superfast broadband project for Devon and Somerset aims to deliver coverage to 211,000 superfast premises by the end of 2015. The project will increase coverage within the project area to 89% superfast by the end of 2016. This will be made up of commercial and publicly subsidised network build. Coverage beyond the end of the current project will depend on the result of the phase 2 procurement process. The Government has allocated £22.75m for the phase 2 project which the local authorities have committed to match with local and European funding.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Luxborough in Exmoor, Somerset is hosting a Government funded Market Test Pilot, which will soon be providing superfast satellite broadband services to over 200 premises. This will provide valuable information on how to take coverage even further by demonstrating the delivery of superfast broadband in the most commercially challenging locations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 224827 question first answered 25/02/2015 16:20:50 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris