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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

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

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

147463

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
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 potential merits of banning the use of automated telephone dialling technology in order to prevent nuisance calls.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	214083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>A call being made by an automated dialler is not automatically a nuisance call, providing the organisation complies with the relevant legislation, such as the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) that specifically relates to sales and marketing calls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A ban on the use of automated telephone dialling technology has therefore not been considered necessary by Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/11/2014 13:50:09 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 28632 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

143364

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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: Wales
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 17 June 2014 to Question 200020, what reports he has received of political bias in the prioritisation of the broadband rollout programme in Wales; if he will hold discussions with the Welsh Government on this matter; and if he will ensure that all areas in Wales benefit equally from the broadband rollout programme.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	213845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>World class broadband coverage across the UK is a priority for this Government. Funding for all local projects, including the Wales project has been allocated to achieve maximum coverage and value for money from the public investment.</p><p>At the end of September 2014 276,320 premises had been reached.</p><p>The Superfast Cymru project is set to achieve 93% superfast broadband coverage by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/11/2014 17:08:06 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

142070

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he intends to publish for consultation the draft Statutory Instruments for the implementation of section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	213747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the responses received to its recent consultation on transitional provisions for the repeal of section 52 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, which deals with the issue of when to implement section 74 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. The consultation closed on 27 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No decision has as yet been taken on transitional provisions or the type of statutory instrument that will be used, or on whether and when a draft instrument will be published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/11/2014 17:04:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

142157

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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	Television
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 commissioned research into the effects of excessive watching of television.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	213712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>No such research has been commissioned.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 14:28:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane