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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 David Hanson

451465

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Radio Frequencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has decided on a date for the conclusion of the public sector spectrum release.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	26461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Budget 2016 announces a new government commitment that 750MHz of valuable public sector spectrum in bands under 10GHz will be made available by 2022, of which 500MHz will be made available by 2020. All revenue from spectrum auctions is paid into the Consolidated Fund operated by HM Treasury.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 26460 question first answered 20/04/2016 12:47:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

451466

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Radio Frequencies
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 revenue received from previous spectrum sales has been reinvested into digital infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	26460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Budget 2016 announces a new government commitment that 750MHz of valuable public sector spectrum in bands under 10GHz will be made available by 2022, of which 500MHz will be made available by 2020. All revenue from spectrum auctions is paid into the Consolidated Fund operated by HM Treasury.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 26461 question first answered 20/04/2016 12:47:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

451518

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	BT Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what obligations Openreach and BT have under contracts with the Government to provide prior warning to residents of planned maintenance or improvement work to junction boxes and other infrastructure that involves the temporary disconnection of services.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Duncan
uin	26494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The same regulatory and communication code conditions apply to Openreach in BDUK contracted areas as would apply to their commercial deployment areas.</p><p><br>The contracts between BT and government relating to broadband are for the provision of the design and build of infrastructure. Once this infrastructure is in place, it forms part of BT’s network and maintenance and improvement works will be carried out by Openreach in the same way as on the rest of the network. Although there is no obligation to inform residents of any planned upgrades or essential maintenance, these activities are scheduled to be carried out when usage is at its lowest, in order to minimise disruption.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/02/2016 16:23:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan

451210

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Arts: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 his Department spent on access to the arts in Yorkshire and Humber region between (a) May 2015 and February 2016 and (b) May 2010 and April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	26168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to support the fantastic range of arts in the culture in Yorkshire and the Humber through its public investment in the arts, distributed by Arts Council England, as well as investment in cultural projects and programmes including £1.5 million for the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull to support its redevelopment and £1 million to support the Yorkshire Festival which will celebrate the region’s culture this summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Arts Council has provided the following funding to Yorkshire during the dates specified:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Funding Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016: 1st April - 8 Feb 2016</p></td><td><p>£46,399,085</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p /><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Funding Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£36,013,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£47,661,513</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£64,126,617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£46,717,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£53,628,743</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/03/2016 09:01:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

450989

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
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	Digital Accessibility Alliance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what work the Digital Accessibility Alliance has completed or published since it was formed.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	26055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of Digital Inclusion, and remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of digital information services for disabled people. Annual correspondence with the FTSE 100 companies has indicated that from 2013 to present there has been a steady increase in the number of companies that provide video relay. We welcome this positive progress, and public facing Government departments will continue to work with interested parties to ensure this continues.</p><p><br>We have also been monitoring progress of the provision of access services for Video on Demand (VoD) content since 2013 through engagement with the Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD), platform operators content providers and broadcasters.</p><p><br>The Alliance for Digital Accessibility (formerly the Digital Accessibility Alliance), which has met twice since its formation, has created the environment for members to engage and discuss Accessibility issues.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 26054 question first answered 26/02/2016 13:24:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

450992

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
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	Digital Accessibility Alliance
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 times the Digital Accessibility Alliance has met in each quarter since it was formed.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	26054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of Digital Inclusion, and remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of digital information services for disabled people. Annual correspondence with the FTSE 100 companies has indicated that from 2013 to present there has been a steady increase in the number of companies that provide video relay. We welcome this positive progress, and public facing Government departments will continue to work with interested parties to ensure this continues.</p><p><br>We have also been monitoring progress of the provision of access services for Video on Demand (VoD) content since 2013 through engagement with the Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD), platform operators content providers and broadcasters.</p><p><br>The Alliance for Digital Accessibility (formerly the Digital Accessibility Alliance), which has met twice since its formation, has created the environment for members to engage and discuss Accessibility issues.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 26055 question first answered 26/02/2016 13:24:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

450709

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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: Closures
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 (a) rural and (b) urban public libraries have closed in (i) Wiltshire and (ii) England in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	25858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not commission information relating to the closure of rural and urban libraries. Data relating to public libraries is collected and published annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. My Rt Hon Friend will note that the number of library service points in the Wilshire Library Authority has increased from 34 in 2000, to 36 in 2015. Meanwhile, in Labour-run Wales, the number of library service points in the same period dropped from 321 to 274. <strong><br></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March</p></td><td><p>Total service points open ten hours or more per week, including mobile libraries, in England</p></td><td><p>Total service points open ten hours or more per week, including mobile libraries, in Wiltshire Library Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>3,501</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>3,497</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>3,504</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>3,510</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>3,524</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>3,474</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>3,494</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>3,469</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>3,451</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,428</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,393</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,243</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,181</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,142</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,076</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/02/2016 13:47:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

450711

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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	Openreach
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on which dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met with BT to discuss separating Openreach from its parent company.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	25859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for the independent telecoms regulator, Ofcom, who is currently reviewing the markets for digital communications in the UK and is due to report at the end of this month. Government has no role in this process.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/02/2016 11:41:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

450712

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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: Sussex
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 small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) West Sussex and (b) Mid Sussex that will have access to superfast broadband by completion of phase two of the superfast broadband programme.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	26005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2016 answer text <p>By the end of phase two of the Superfast Broadband Programme approximately 95% of homes and businesses in West Sussex will have access to superfast broadband. For the Mid Sussex constituency over 96% of premises will have access to superfast broadband by the end of the project.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/02/2016 13:46:06 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching