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226554

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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

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

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