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452382

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	Members: Correspondence
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 intends to answer the letter to him dated 5 January 2016 with regard to Mr Julian Chapman.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	26984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Thank you to the Right Hon Gentleman for his letter, which we received on February 12. He will receive a response within 20 working days from that date.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/02/2016 13:30:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

452383

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	BBC: Royal Charters
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 staff have been seconded to his Department to analyse responses to the BBC Charter Review consultation.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>Given the number of responses, DCMS brought in additional resource into the BBC policy team. Based on demand, an average of 25 additional people per week supported the process to review the consultation responses, which included 19 staff seconded from other departments.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/02/2016 10:03:15 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

452384

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	Public Libraries
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 public libraries have (a) closed and (b) opened in England since May 2010; and how many libraries which were previously run by professionally-qualified staff are now run by volunteers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	27175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>While the Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not commission specific information relating to the closure or opening of public libraries, or of libraries run entirely by volunteers, the Department does monitor closely proposed changes to library service provision throughout England. Based on desk research undertaken by the Department, we estimate that from January 2010 to January 2016 approximately 110 static public libraries in England closed and at least 77 new public libraries have opened, including relocations to new buildings.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/02/2016 10:04:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

451904

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2016 to Question 22981, if he will ask Ofcom to publish an assessment of whether the 26 per cent of BT's ducts identified as being empty in the report, Telecoms infrastructure access - sample survey of duct access, published in March 2009, reflected the proportion of BT's ducts that were able to have fibre blown through them without further civil works in the superfast broadband rollout.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	26900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>I understand from Ofcom that the sample surveyed in the Ofcom report ‘Telecoms infrastructure access – sample survey of duct access’, published in March 2009, provided an indicative rather than representative assessment of the potential spare capacity in BT’s ducts.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/02/2016 12:01:50 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

451905

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Pay
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 average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of his Department were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	26975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is already in the public domain. The Office for National Statistics publishes average salary information for each Civil Service Department by gender, and by working pattern. These figures are published as an annual salary.</p><p>The Civil Service statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/03/2016 09:01:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint

451907

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Public Libraries: Electronic Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on working with the EU Commission on extending the Public Lending Right to e-lending in local libraries.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	26966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department and the Libraries Taskforce are working with representatives of authors, publishers, public libraries, the PLR office and others, to ensure library service users have access to remote e-book lending, without charge, and to consider options to appropriately remunerate authors and other rights holders.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/02/2016 12:00:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

451908

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Fringe Benefits
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 staff in his Department and non-departmental public bodies receive (a) home to work travel allowance, (b) a car allowance and (c) subsidised health insurance.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	26812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>There are no staff in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport who receive a home to work travel allowance, a car allowance, and/or subsidised health insurance.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold this information for its arm’s length bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/02/2016 13:28:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

451909

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Cultural Heritage
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 his Department is taking to identify the best ways to tackle cultural heritage destruction overseas.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	26714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to the protection of cultural heritage from destruction overseas. That is why we secured £30m of Overseas Development Assistance from 2016 to 2020 for our newly-established Cultural Protection Fund - to create opportunities for economic development through building capacity to foster, safeguard and promote cultural heritage.</p><p>The British Museum’s Iraqi Heritage Emergency Management Programme (announced on the 28th October at the Cultural Protection Summit) is the Fund's first programme. A period of consultation is now underway with expert stakeholders working in the arts, heritage, museums and development sectors, to help determine its exact scope and identify best practice.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/02/2016 13:32:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

451910

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Cultural Heritage: Anguilla
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 support the inclusion of the Fountain Cavern in Anguilla in the UNESCO World Heritage list.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	26712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Fountain Cavern is not currently on the UK World Heritage Tentative List, which is the first step in the process towards World Heritage Site status. If the site wishes to progress towards World Heritage Site status in the future, it will be important for the nominators to have prepared a thorough body of research to support the application. Organisations such as the UK National Commission for UNESCO and World Heritage UK are happy to provide advice on this process.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/02/2016 13:26:09 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

451913

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Listed Buildings: Energy
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 whether current arrangements for listed building status take account of potential measures that can be taken to improve the energy efficiency of data centres.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	26798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Listed buildings are designated by the Secretary of State on the basis of their special architectural and historic interest. Other factors - including their energy efficiency - can be considered through the process of seeking listed building consent (LBC) prior to the alteration, extension or demolition of such buildings. Requests for LBC are determined by the relevant local planning authority.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/02/2016 11:58:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah