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381396

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what consideration the Government has given to the use of mobile repeaters to help extend mobile-coverage in rural and island areas.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	2795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>No such consideration has been given as the provision of mobile coverage is a commercial decision for mobile network operators (MNOs). However the Government has taken steps to ensure that mobile coverage improves across the UK through its landmark agreement with the MNOs to guarantee voice and SMS text to at least 90% of UK landmass and the licence obligation on Telefonica to provide 4G indoor coverage to 98% of premises in the UK, both by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2015 10:12:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

381398

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with consumer groups on nuisance telephone calls.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy has held two roundtables this year with a range of interested stakeholders, including consumer groups. The last one took place in March.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government takes the issue of the nuisance telephone calls seriously and continues to work with the regulators, consumer groups and industry to co-ordinate on efforts to clamp down on such unwanted calls and protect all consumers.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2015 10:15:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381399

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward proposals to require companies making unsolicited telephone calls to state their telephone numbers when they call.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of unsolicited telephone calls very seriously and is considering such proposals as part of its work to tackle nuisance calls, including considering options of call blocking technology.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2015 10:13:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381400

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on preventing unwanted and nuisance telephone calls.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	2773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2015 answer text <p>Substantial progress has been made to tackle nuisance calls. This has included ensuring improved information &amp; signposting for consumers wanting to report nuisance calls. In addition we have increase powers for the regulators. Ofcom’s monetary penalty powers increased from £50,000 to £2 million in September 2010. In July 2011, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) was equipped with a new monetary penalty power of £500,000. Previously this was £5,000.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2014, Ofcom was empowered to share relevant information with the ICO that it acquired about companies breaching the regulations. And more recently, the legal threshold was lowered for the ICO on 6 April 2015, making it easier for them to take enforcement action, including issuing monetary penalties.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is continuing to work to ensure protection of consumers from unwanted and nuisance calls.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/10/2015 15:07:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

381401

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Pornography: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to prevent young teenagers having access and becoming addicted to pornography.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Helping parents to protect their children from inappropriate and harmful content online remains a top priority, with measures implemented under the previous Government including easy to use parental control filters in the home. The Government also made a commitment in the election manifesto to require age verification for access to sites containing pornographic material. It is considering its approach to delivering this commitment, and will share its plans in due course. Ministers will engage with the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) and other key stakeholders as they develop this policy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 13:36:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

381118

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Public Libraries: WiFi
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 public libraries in Ashfield constituency do not have free wifi; and by what date he plans that all public libraries will have access to free wifi.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	2392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>Following the Ashfield (Electoral Changes) Order 2015 (Statutory Instrument 2015: No. 112), my Department estimates that one public library in the constituency does not currently have WiFi. On 18 March it was announced, as part of the Budget 2015, that £7.4m is being made available to help all public libraries to install WiFi. This programme will be run via Arts Council England who aim to launch the scheme in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/06/2015 13:40:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

381154

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Video on Demand: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with sensory loss have full access to subtitles and audio description whilst using on-demand content.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	2501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of access services for video-on-demand (VoD) services and will continue to monitor progress. If the 2015 ATVOD’s annual survey of VOD Services indicates that significant progress has not been made, then as stated in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers Paper (July 2013) we will consider legislation in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/06/2015 13:38:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

381258

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	BT Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly receive representations from a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings and discussions.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 2554 2555 question first answered 19/06/2015 13:42:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

381259

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	BT Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly receive representations from a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings and discussions.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 2553 2555 question first answered 19/06/2015 13:42:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

381260

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	BT Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations the Prime Minister has received from (a) Talk Talk and (b) Sky on the structural separation of BT.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly receive representations from a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings and discussions.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 2553 2554 question first answered 19/06/2015 13:42:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah