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227276

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 430W, on broadband, in which enterprise zones superfast broadband is currently (a) available throughout and (b) partially available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Superfast broadband is available throughout the following Enterprise Zones:</p><p><br><br></p><p>Harlow Essex</p><p>Anglia</p><p>Lancashire</p><p>Hereford</p><p>Kent</p><p>Daresbury</p><p>Alconbury</p><p>Solent</p><p>MIRA Leicestershire</p><p>Cornwall</p><p>Mersey/Liverpool Waters</p><p>North East</p><p><br><br></p><p>Superfast broadband is partially available in the following Enterprise Zones:</p><p><br><br></p><p>Humber</p><p>Oxford</p><p>Nottingham</p><p>Sheffield</p><p>Northampton</p><p>Tees Valley</p><p><br><br></p><p>In the following Enterprise Zones, which all have partial coverage of superfast broadband, SMEs on some or all sites are also eligible to apply to the BDUK Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme to improve their broadband connectivity:</p><p><br><br></p><p>London</p><p>Leeds</p><p>Manchester</p><p>Birmingham</p><p> </p><p>Black Country</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 13:21:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227102

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Wind Power: South West
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 made to the inquiry on the proposal for the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm on the effect on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site of that proposal.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	227432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport wrote to the Planning Inspectorate in February 2015 to urge that the impact of the wind farm on the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site be taken into account in the planning process.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/03/2015 09:29:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

227103

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects all internet connection speeds to be 2Mbps or more in (a) Windsor constituency, (b) South-East England and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>According to Ofcom only 3 per cent of UK premises have access to speeds of less than 2Mbps, down from 11 per cent in 2010. As a result of the commercial and government investments, the number of premises with a broadband service below 2Mbps continues to reduce. The government will however, before the end of 2015, make available options to deliver the minimum 2mbps broadband commitment for all qualifying premises.<br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:01:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

226554

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: South East
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 increase the availability of fibre-optic broadband to businesses in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	227285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is almost 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by 2017.</p><p>As of June 2014, Surrey had 89% superfast broadband coverage (speeds of 24Mbps+) as stated in the Ofcom Infrastructure Report 2014. By the end of the current Superfast Surrey broadband project at the end of March 2015 there will be over 97% superfast coverage to businesses and homes in Surrey. Superfast broadband roll-out is managed at local authority level rather than regional level.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

226617

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Museums and Galleries: Medway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support his Department has provided for museums in Medway.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	227237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>DCMS directly sponsors 16 museums and galleries in England including the British Library, and supports regional museums through Arts Council England (ACE), the body responsible for museums and galleries in England. DCMS also supports heritage bodies including the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust which is both a heritage site and independent museum. DCMS has provided £245,000 funding to Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust in 2014-15, and will provide £324,000 in 2015-16. <br><br></p><p>Both the Chatham Historic Dockyard and Trust, and the Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive received support from Arts Council England between 2011 and 2015. Chatham Historic Dockyard and Trust received awards of funding of £312,681 in Renaissance transition funding and £9,500 from the ACE Subject Specialist Networks scheme. The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive, which has a Designated collection of national importance, received a single award of £73,035 from the ACE Designation Development Fund. <br><br>ACE has also provided support to museums in Medway through its Museum Resilience Fund. The Museum resilience fund aims to support a step change for the museums sector by enabling museums to become more sustainable and resilient organisations. The most recent round of awards from the fund was announced in March; the Guildhall Museum was granted £67,100 and Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust £263,000. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust was also awarded £466,542 from the fund in the previous round.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS and the Wolfson Foundation jointly fund the DCMS Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, which supports projects in English Museums and galleries that improve the quality of displays, collection interpretation, public spaces, and access and facilities for disabled visitors. In January 2014 two Museums in Medway received grants from the DCMS Wolfson Fund. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust received an award of £150,000 towards its Building the Future project. The Royal Engineers Museum also received £22,794 towards its Waterloo 200: redisplay of Wellington’s Map project.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 11:26:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

226618

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Surrey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of households with access to fibre-optic broadband in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	227290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>House of Commons Library analysis (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06643.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06643.pdf</a>) of Ofcom postcode data related to June 2014 suggested the number of premises with superfast (NGA) availability across the Woking constituency was then about 97%. Historical constituency data is not available.</p><p>The following data taken from Ofcom Infrastructure Reports indicates coverage in Surrey between 2011 and 2014. The Department is not aware of data for 2010. Ofcom calculated 2011-14 coverage figures using different methodologies and in 2014 produced two sets of figures. Further details can be found on the Ofcom website: <a href="http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>County</p></td><td><p>Proportion of households in postcodes served by NGA networks</p><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Proportion of households in postcodes served by NGA networks</p><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Proportion of premises in postcodes served by NGA networks</p><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Proportion of premises able to receive NGA broadband services</p><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Availability of superfast broadband (30+Mbit/s)</p><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td><td><p>89%</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 12:38:18 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

226620

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Radio: Cannock Chase
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 take steps to expedite the process for the licensing of Cannock Radio radio station in Cannock Chase constituency.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Mr Aidan Burley
uin	227224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible for licensing community radio services and has awarded over 300 licences since 2005. Over 220 community stations are broadcasting throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for community radio licences are considered by Ofcom in accordance with the requirements of the Community Radio Order 2004. In order to treat all applicants equally, and given the high volume of potential applicants, Ofcom's policy is carry out licensing in rounds, inviting applications from each region of the UK in turn. For similar reasons of fairness, Ofcom does not accept an application from specific groups in a region without also accepting applications from across the whole region.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom invited applicants for the West and East Midlands in the first half 2014, with the closing date for applications on 24 June 2014. Ofcom has not yet confirmed a timetable for further licensing rounds, however Ofcom notes the continuing interest from potential applicant groups, as this will help inform its decisions on future licensing.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 9 licences in the Midlands during the current round of licensing - most recently 3 licences were awarded in January 2015 to stations in the Midlands region. More details can be found on the Ofcom website: <a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/" target="_blank">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Full details on applying for community radio licenses can also be found on Ofcom’s website: <a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/apply-for-licence/" target="_blank">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/apply-for-licence/</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 11:23:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3937 label Biography information for Mr Aidan Burley

226621

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much arts funding (a) in total and (b) per head of population was allocated in (i) Lancashire and (ii) Pendle constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>In the last 12 months, Arts Council England has invested the following in Lancashire and Pendle:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15 (YTD)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Population (mid 2013):</p></td><td><p>1,180,076</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>90,131</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Lancashire</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Pendle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total £</p></td><td><p>spend per head</p></td><td><p>Total £</p></td><td><p>spend per head</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grants for the arts</p></td><td><p>£1,238,356</p></td><td><p>£1.05</p></td><td><p>£187,866</p></td><td><p>£2.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic funding</p></td><td><p>£348,866</p></td><td><p>£0.30</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NPO/MPM</p></td><td><p>£2,111,107</p></td><td><p>£1.79</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music Education Hubs*</p></td><td><p>£1,297,347</p></td><td><p>£1.10</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£4,995,677</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£4.23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£187,866</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£2.08</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Pendle is also covered by Lancashire Music Education Hub and will receive some benefit from this grant, however, there is no way of accurately apportioning a share from the data currently available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Projects in Pendle that have recently benefited from funding include the 'In-situ' initiative which includes the Recorded Soul project, Young People in Pendle and Momentum.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 14:00:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226245

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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: Blaydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of when average download speeds in the whole of Blaydon constituency will reach 14.7 mbps.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	226912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>House of Commons Library analysis (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06643.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06643.pdf</a>) of Ofcom postcode data related to June 2014 suggested the average download speed across the Blaydon constituency was then about 18.7 Mbit/s.</p>The Government's Broadband programme is helping to increase availability of superfast broadband by over 40,000 premises in the Borough of Blaydon to 96%, which could led to further increase in average speeds. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 13:18:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

226246

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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: East Lothian
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 discuss with ministers of the Scottish Government ways to make faster progress on providing broadband to rural communities in East Lothian constituency.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	226904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is supporting the delivery of superfast broadband by the Scottish Government through the superfast broadband programme. It is providing over £121 million in funding, which should make superfast broadband available to over 720,000 additional premises in Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Broadband Delivery UK has regular meetings with the Scottish Government and provides extensive commercial and project support to assist delivery of the Government's broadband objectives through the projects in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 13:17:20 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell