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date	25/11/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress he has made on superfast broadband delivery in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	17656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>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 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.</p><br /><p>Data on regional and local coverage of superfast broadband was published by Ofcom in its Infrastructure Report in December 2014:</p><br /><p><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>.</p><p>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:</p><p><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></p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/11/2015 10:00:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

432210

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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	Offences against Children: Internet
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 effect of the European Regulation on a European Single Market for Electronic Communications on blocking access to child sexual abuse material online.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	17655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text <p>My Department supports the blocking of access to child sexual abuse material by industry and we are actively seeking to ensure that all European regulation, including the electronic communications framework - which is currently under review - does not impede this. The Government’s primary concern during negotiations on the Connected Continent (or Telecoms Single Market) Regulations was that the Internet Watch Foundation's (IWF) ability to block access to illegal images of child abuse was protected, and we are confident we have ensured this. Going forward, we will continue with our aim to ensure any future European regulation allows the blocking of such content.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/12/2015 12:30:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

432211

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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	Trinity Mirror: Local World
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he is seeking the advice of Ofcom on Trinity Mirror's purchase of Local World and the implications of that purchase for plurality in provision of local news.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	17594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text <p>At the present time the Department has not formally sought the views of Ofcom on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/12/2015 12:32:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

432214

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the £10 million investment for better broadband infrastructure in the South West announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 is part of a larger investment programme; for what reasons the South West was chosen for the £10 million investment; and what funding will be made available by the Government for other regions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	17747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text The Government has allocated £10 million to the South West broadband fund, commencing in April 2016. This fund extends the support already being provided through the superfast programme and will also stimulate the ultrafast market. The South West region has some of the most difficult topography in the UK for fixed broadband deployment and this fund will help provide coverage in challenging areas within the region. In addition, the Prime Minister recently announced 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. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/12/2015 13:40:39 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah