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155773

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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: Bedfordshire
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 superfast broadband to reach the coverage target of 95 per cent in North East Bedfordshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	214451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to national access to superfast broadband and anticipates that at least 95% premises in the Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes project will be able to access superfast broadband by December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/11/2014 13:20:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

155775

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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, how many different companies tendered for the 47 contracts to deliver superfast broadband under phases one and two of the Superfast Broadband programme.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	214694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>In Phase 1 of the Superfast Broadband Programme there are 44 contracts between Local Bodies and providers. 33 of these used the Broadband Delivery Framework. Nine suppliers started the competitive dialogue tender process for the Framework and three submitted final tenders. Two of these tenders were accepted. Of these, only one supplier has submitted bids for individual projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the remaining 11 local projects an OJEU procurement was used by the Local Bodies. Across the 11 projects a total of 19 different suppliers were invited to submit bids. Four different suppliers submitted ITT responses at the end of the procurement processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All three contracts so far signed for Phase 2 of the programme have used the Broadband Delivery Framework that was established as part of Phase 1.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/11/2014 13:20:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

156126

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to encourage growth of the big data industry in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	214448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has identified big data as one of the ‘eight great technologies’ that will propel the UK’s future economic growth. Since 2010, the Government has made a series of strategic investments to support the growth of the big data industry in the UK. These include:</p><p> </p><p>- a £159 million investment programme in the UK’s high performance computing and networks infrastructure announced in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>- £189 million investment announced in 2012 to support a programme of big data and energy-efficient computing projects across the UK co-ordinated by the Economic and Social Research Council.</p><p> </p><p>- £10.7 million announced in December 2013 to create a new Higgs Centre for Innovation at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre in Edinburgh that will focus on big data and space technologies.</p><p> </p><p>- £42 million announced in March 2014 to establish a world-leading Alan Turing Institute, which will be established in 2015 to research the analysis and application of big data.</p><p> </p><p>- Investment of over £50 million to establish the Digital Catapult, based in London, which will bring researchers and business together to accelerate new innovative products to market.</p><p> </p><p>On 31 October 2013, the Government also published ‘Seizing the Data Opportunity: a strategy for UK data capability’, which examines the UK’s capability to make best use of all data including big data, public sector held data, research data, and data collected by companies. The strategy was developed in partnership with industry to place the UK at the forefront of extracting knowledge and value from data.</p><p> </p><p>Since the publication of the strategy, the Government has introduced new legislation on copyright exceptions in June 2014 to enable text and data-mining for non-commercial purpose, and has developed new UK Trade &amp; Industry marketing material to attract increased overseas investment and custom to the UK data centre market.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/11/2014 10:42:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

155434

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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: Fraud
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 tackle the sending of unsolicited SMS messages which seek to advance illegal money-making scams; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	214346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Tackling nuisance calls and SMS text messages is a priority for the Department.</p><p>In May 2011, the Government provided the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) with a monetary penalty power of £500,000, under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) 2003 to enforce the PECR more effectively.</p><p>The ICO has issued monetary penalties totaling £315,000 for SMS text messages. Details about enforcement action taken to date by them can be viewed at: <a href="http://ico.org.uk/enforcement/action/texts" target="_blank">http://ico.org.uk/enforcement/action/texts</a>.</p><p>On 15<sup>th</sup> July 2014, we amended Section 393 of the Communications Act 2003, which has enabled Ofcom to disclose information to ICO about organisations sending unsolicited texts.</p><p>On 25 October 2014, the Government published a consultation, which proposes to make it easier for ICO to take enforcement action against organisations, by lowering, or removing the legal threshold.</p><p>Additionally, the National Trading Standards Board (NTSB) and Trading Standards Scotland continue to support the fight against illegal money lenders. As well as arresting and prosecuting loan sharks, the teams work with community partners to provide access to advice and support for victims. Between April 2012 and June 2014, their Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) specialist work has resulted in 43 custodial sentences being handed down. In the same period, support has been provided to over 2800 victims. The IMLT works together with the new consumer credit regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), to police the market, and can prosecute those who are found to be lending illegally.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/11/2014 10:29:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

147454

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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
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 support free entry to museums and galleries; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	213980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the policy of free admission to the permanent collections of the museums and galleries sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which is a condition of grant-in-aid. The Government has limited reductions in funding for national museums in order to maintain free entry, and to protect their world-class collections and front-line services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/11/2014 17:06:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

147455

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the freehold value of Blythe House is.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	213971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>DCMS is working with the Government Property Unit to assess the current use of Blythe House as the Government seeks to provide a long term, cost effective solution for museum storage and conservation facilities, as well as to improve access to the national collections. Property valuation information is however commercially sensitive and any disclosure would adversely affect the Government’s future ability to negotiate efficiencies and achieve value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/11/2014 17:07:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

147456

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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: Theft
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 his Department's announcement of 3 December 2013, on putting an end to shock mobile telephone bills, what progress his Department has made on implementing a consumer liability cap on stolen mobile telephones.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	214036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Telecommunications Consumer Action Plan has made strong progress. To continue important work on this issue I have invited the major Mobile Network Operators to a Round Table meeting, where the MNOs will confirm details of the liability caps they will offer for any unauthorised use of lost or stolen phones.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/11/2014 17:20:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

147457

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the decision-making process was for setting the duration of his Department's consultation Tackling partial not-spots in mobile phone coverage, published on 5 November 2014; and whether different durations were considered during the consultation planning stage.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	214047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has been in discussions with stakeholders on tackling partial not-spots since the Spring. The current consultation will build on those discussions and give a wide range of people, and organisations, a reasonable opportunity to comment on the Government’s proposed options.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/11/2014 16:34:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

147460

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what Arts Council funding has been allocated to Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newark
tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
uin	214074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>In each of the last five years, the Arts Council has allocated the following funding (from both Grant in Aid and Lottery funding) to Nottinghamshire:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>Grant in Aid</p></td><td><p>Lottery</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£4,929,745</p></td><td><p>£2,131,706</p></td><td><p>£7,061,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>£149,010</p></td><td><p>£511,066</p></td><td><p>£660,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£5,078,751</p></td><td><p>£2,642,772</p></td><td><p>£7,721,527</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Grant in Aid</p></td><td><p>Lottery</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£5,606,663</p></td><td><p>£528,969</p></td><td><p>£6,135,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>£128,938</p></td><td><p>£306,628</p></td><td><p>£435,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£5,735,601</p></td><td><p>£835,597</p></td><td><p>£6,571,198</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>Grant in Aid</p></td><td><p>Lottery</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£4,405,300</p></td><td><p>£1,797,566</p></td><td><p>£6,202,866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>£140,098</p></td><td><p>£279,682</p></td><td><p>£419,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£4,545,398</p></td><td><p>£2,077,248</p></td><td><p>£2,077,248</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>Grant in Aid</p></td><td><p>Lottery</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£4,957,558</p></td><td><p>£3,253,897</p></td><td><p>£8,211,455</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>£750,943</p></td><td><p>£268,230</p></td><td><p>£1,019,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£5,708,501</p></td><td><p>£3,522,127</p></td><td><p>£9,230,628</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Grant in Aid</p></td><td><p>Lottery</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>£4,566,810</p></td><td><p>£3,471,927</p></td><td><p>£8,038,737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>£931,412</p></td><td><p>£240,260</p></td><td><p>£1,171,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£5,498,222</p></td><td><p>£3,712,187</p></td><td><p>£9,210,409</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/11/2014 17:03:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

147462

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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: Complaints
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 level of complexity of the system for people complaining about nuisance calls; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of consolidating that system under one body.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	214082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Tackling nuisance calls is a priority for the Department. We continue to improve signposting information and advice for people wanting to make a complaint. This is mirrored across both regulators websites:</p><p><a href="http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/phone/tackling-nuisance-calls-and-messages/" target="_blank">http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/phone/tackling-nuisance-calls-and-messages</a> <a href="http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public/topic_specific_guides/marketing/calls" target="_blank">http://ico.org.uk/for_the_public/topic_specific_guides/marketing/calls</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, we published our Nuisance Calls Action Plan on 30th March 2014 to enforce existing regulations effectively. Our achievements to date and the work that is currently underway can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/nuisance-calls-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/nuisance-calls-consultation</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, on 25 October 2014, we published our consultation that proposes to lower or remove the legal threshold for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to take action against offending organisations. By lowering or removing the legal threshold, the ICO will be able to issue more monetary penalties to organisations in breach of the regulations. The ICO also continues to work collaboratively with Ofcom as evidenced by their joint Action plan, last updated on 3 March 2014: <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/silent-calls/joint-action-plan/" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/silent-calls/joint-action-plan</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/11/2014 17:04:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham