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381602

	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	FIFA
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place between ministers or officials of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and officials of the English Football Association regarding the continued full recognition of the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland Football Associations within FIFA.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <blockquote><p>The Department has not engaged in any discussions with the English Football Association on this subject. Sport is not only a devolved matter, but it is also for the football associations in each of the home nations to maintain their own relationships with FIFA, and in particular with regard to their independent status in world football.</p></blockquote> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 30/06/2015 12:10:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

416956

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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	BBC: Royal Charters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how often the members of the BBC Charter renewal advisory panel will meet (1) each other and (2) the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
	uin	HL1876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>(1) As set out in the Advisory Group’s terms of reference the Group will meet approximately six times a year at times agreed in advance by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport’s office[1].</p><p> </p><p>(2) These meetings will be chaired by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><br /><p>[1] Can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445912/TERMS_OF_REFERENCE.pdf)</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 14:38:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender

452266

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	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	National Media Museum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the National Media Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Photographic Society, Bradford City Council, and any other relevant bodies, about the move of 400,000 items from Bradford to London; and whether they have offered any advice on that matter.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL6167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Member houses of the Historic Houses Association make an important contribution to the UK's tourism industry. They attract over 24 million visits per year with a total visitor spend of £1bn; and support 41,000 jobs.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Government has made no specific assessment of the possible closures of these historic houses. DCMS continues to work with the HHA and others, including the Heritage Lottery Fund, to support privately owned heritage.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">DCMS museums operate at arm’s length from government and the transfer of objects between national museums is a matter for the boards of the museums. The transfer of part of the Royal Photographic Society’s collection has been carefully considered by the Trustees of the Science Museum, who approved the transfer of the objects to the V&amp;A, with the Royal Photographic Society also approving the transfer. The Department was informed of this in December 2015. Bradford City Council was regularly consulted while the matter was under consideration.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The National Media Museum took this decision in order to focus its offering more effectively, while ensuring that the Royal Photographic Collection is preserved.The V&amp;A intend to store, digitise and make the photographic collection available as part of its planned International Photography Resource Centre, which will provide the public with a world-class facility to access the consolidated collection.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/02/2016 12:29:21 question first ministerially corrected 23/02/2016 12:43:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 46518 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

426930

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest assessment of regional variations in achieving their target of establishing superfast broadband coverage to 90 per cent of the UK by 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL3417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed toprovidingsuperfast broadband coverage to 95 per centof UK premisesby 2017. At the end Phase 1 of the programme, we expect to reach 90 per cent coverage across the UK -and more than 90 per cent superfast coverage in around two thirds of local body partnership areas. For the longer term the Government will also launch a public consultation early next year in preparation for the implementation of a new broadbandUniversal Service Obligation,with the ambition to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of 10 Mbps,nomatterwherein the countrytheylive.</del></p><br /><p><del class="ministerial">Data on regional and local coverage of superfast broadband was published by Ofcom in its Infrastructure Report in December 2014:</del></p><br /><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv</a>.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">DCMS has also placed estimates of superfast coverage at constituency level at the end of the current broadband programme in the House of Commons library, reference DEP2015-0163:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></del></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is committed to providing superfast broadband coverage to 95 per cent of UK premises by 2017. At the end Phase 1 of the programme, we expect to reach 90 per cent coverage across the UK -and more than 90 per cent superfast coverage in around two thirds of local body partnership areas. For the longer term the Government will also launch a public consultation early next year in preparation for the implementation of a new broadband Universal Service Obligation, with the ambition to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of 10 Mbps, no matter where in the country they live.</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Data on regional and local coverage of superfast broadband was published by Ofcom in its Infrastructure Report in December 2014:</ins></p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv</a>.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">DCMS has also placed estimates of superfast coverage at constituency level at the end of the current broadband programme in the House of Commons library, reference DEP2015-0163:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></ins></p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/11/2015 14:59:03 question first ministerially corrected 07/12/2015 16:15:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe previous answer version 32271 answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

515031

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2016
	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	European Parliament: Art Works
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 April (HL7637), whether they will now state what contingency plans they have drawn up, if any, to repatriate the British Art Collection from the European Parliament in the event that the UK votes to leave the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL7851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/05/2016 12:16:36 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

422821

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2015
	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: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when and where the Mobile Infrastructure Project will be rolled out in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL2868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Mobile Infrastructure Project is being rolled out in Northern Ireland up to the end of March 2016.</p><br /><p>There are currently 7 masts in build phase. These are located in:</p><p>• Derry and Strabane District</p><p>• Fermanagh and Omagh (2 sites)</p><p>• Lisburn and Castlereagh</p><p>• Mid Ulster (3 sites)</p><br /><p>Planning permission was received for 4 sites. These sites are located in:</p><p>• Mid Ulster (3 sites)</p><p>• Newry, Mourne and Down</p><br /><p>Planning applications were submitted but decisions awaiting for 5 other sites. These are located in:</p><p>• Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon</p><p>• Derry and Strabane District</p><p>• Fermanagh and Omagh (2 sites)</p><p>• Mid Ulster</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/11/2015 16:53:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

448114

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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	Arts: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of spending by Arts Council England that goes to supporting children's participation in the arts.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Benjamin
	uin	HL5504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>A large number of arts and cultural organisations funded by Arts Council England work to ensure that all children get the opportunity to visit, experience and participate in arts and cultural activities. In 2012 –15, 65% of National Portfolio Organisations offered work for, by or with children and young people. During 2015-18 this number will increase to 82%.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Arts Council provide £10 million a year to fund a network of Bridge organisations and recently launched the Cultural Education Challenge. Both of these initiatives aim to link up the cultural and education sectors, to give children and young people access to great arts and cultural opportunities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 10/02/2016 15:51:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4167 label Biography information for Baroness Benjamin

417022

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	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 Jutland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Jutland in 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL1942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>A national commemorative event will be held on 31 May 2016 to mark the Battle of Jutland and the wider war at sea. Further details will be announced later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/09/2015 12:47:41 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

349154

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Arts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the economic return to gross domestic product arising from each £1 invested in support for the arts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
	uin	HL370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>A report called <em>The contribution of the arts and culture to the national economy</em> was published in May 2013 by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) and showed that arts and culture make up 0.4% of the UK's gross domestic product. The report explained that for every £1 of gross value added (a measure of the economic value of goods and services) generated by the arts and culture sectors, an additional £1.43 of GVA is generated in the wider UK economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 24/06/2015 16:24:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

390636

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	S4C
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the calculations used in Box 8 of the <i>BBC Charter Review public consultation</i>, what is the cost per viewer hour of S4C.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
	uin	HL1576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>According to S4C's Annual Report &amp; Statement of Accounts 2014/15, the cost per user hour is £1.54</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/07/2015 16:06:00 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey