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165922

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Locomotives: 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, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full report by First Class Partnerships on restoration of the Flying Scotsman conducted for the Science Museum Group and dated 27 February 2014.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	215948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The <em>Final Report on the Independent Review of the proposed programme of works in the restoration of the Flying Scotsman Locomotive 4427</em> by First Class Partnerships Rail Consultants dated 27 February 2013 is published on the website of the National Railway Museum:<a href="http://www.nrm.org.uk/~/media/Files/NRM/PDF/NRM%20Flying%20Scotsman%20Final%20Report.pdf?keywords=first+class+partnerships" target="_blank">http://www.nrm.org.uk/~/media/Files/NRM/PDF/NRM%20Flying%20Scotsman%20Final%20Report.pdf?keywords=first+class+partnerships</a>.</p><p>The Report contained certain redactions relating to information which is regarded as being commercially sensitive in accordance with section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘FOIA’). Further redactions within the Report were made to protect the personal data of individuals in accordance with section 40 of FOIA and the Museum’s obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/12/2014 11:14:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

165923

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	S4C
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 plans to meet the (a) chairman and (b) chief executive of Sianel 4 Cymru before 31 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	215923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p>There are no current plans for the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to meet with the chairman and chief executive of Sianel 4 Cymru before 31 March 2015. However, he previously met the Chairman and the Chief Executive, as well as other S4C representatives, during a visit to S4C’s Headquarters in Llanishen, Cardiff on 17th July this year. The previous Secretary of State, Maria Miller, also met with both Huw Jones and Ian Jones on 13<sup>th</sup> November 2013. In these meetings future funding was discussed.</p><p> </p><p>All such meetings are detailed in the Department’s regularly published transparency returns: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=dcms+ministerial+meetings&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=dcms+ministerial+meetings&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results</a></p><p> </p><p>Officials from DCMS are in regular contact with S4C equivalents on a range of issues. S4C, as with all publicly funded bodies, has its Exchequer funding set out to the end of the current SR period. This means that in 2015/16 S4C will continue to receive £6.787m of funding from DCMS. In addition to this, the current operating agreement between the BBC and S4C sets out further licence fee funding for 2016-17 (£74.5m).</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215924 215925 question first answered 02/12/2014 16:58:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

165924

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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: Kilmarnock
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 discuss with ministers of the Scottish government how faster progress can be made on making broadband available to rural communities in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	215946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Superfast broadband has already been made available to over 110,000 premises in Scotland and we are working closely with the Scottish Government and suppliers to maintain the pace of delivery which has increased to an average across the whole of the UK to 40,000 premises a week.</p><p>The roll-out in Scotland is on schedule to deliver superfast broadband to 70% coverage to some of the most remote and challenging locations in the Highlands &amp; Islands and 95% to the Rest of Scotland by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215844 question first answered 02/12/2014 11:11:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

165925

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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, what steps he is taking to promote competition in the provision of superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	215927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The UK has a highly competitive broadband market. Superfast broadband is currently available to 78% of UK premises, up from 45% in 2010. BT’s wholesale access products are open to all Internet Service Providers, meaning that consumers have a range of retail Internet Service providers to buy broadband services from. In addition to BT, KCom and Virgin Media, a growing number of both fixed and wireless providers are making investments in competing broadband infrastructure. In September 2012 the Government announced a package of measures to reduce the barriers to deployment of superfast broadband, reducing red tape and bureaucracy to enable communications providers to deploy competing networks.</p><p>In August 2014 the Government consulted on the objectives for a long term digital communications infrastructure strategy to ensure the UK maintains its competitive position. We expect the strategy to be published early in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/12/2014 11:16:24 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

165926

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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, what proportion of the UK population has taken-up super-fast broadband, excluding cable.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	215912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>According to Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2014, by the end of Q1 2014 over a quarter (26.7%) of broadband connections were superfast. A breakdown between cable and non-cable premises was not given. The same publication reported that as of June 2014 superfast broadband was available to 78% of premises.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215926 question first answered 02/12/2014 10:21:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

165927

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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, what proportion of the UK population has access to superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	215926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>According to Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2014, by the end of Q1 2014 over a quarter (26.7%) of broadband connections were superfast. A breakdown between cable and non-cable premises was not given. The same publication reported that as of June 2014 superfast broadband was available to 78% of premises.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215912 question first answered 02/12/2014 10:21:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

165928

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	S4C
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 discussions he has had with Sianel 4 Cymru on future funding for that organisation.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	215925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p>There are no current plans for the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to meet with the chairman and chief executive of Sianel 4 Cymru before 31 March 2015. However, he previously met the Chairman and the Chief Executive, as well as other S4C representatives, during a visit to S4C’s Headquarters in Llanishen, Cardiff on 17th July this year. The previous Secretary of State, Maria Miller, also met with both Huw Jones and Ian Jones on 13<sup>th</sup> November 2013. In these meetings future funding was discussed.</p><p> </p><p>All such meetings are detailed in the Department’s regularly published transparency returns: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=dcms+ministerial+meetings&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=dcms+ministerial+meetings&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results</a></p><p> </p><p>Officials from DCMS are in regular contact with S4C equivalents on a range of issues. S4C, as with all publicly funded bodies, has its Exchequer funding set out to the end of the current SR period. This means that in 2015/16 S4C will continue to receive £6.787m of funding from DCMS. In addition to this, the current operating agreement between the BBC and S4C sets out further licence fee funding for 2016-17 (£74.5m).</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215923 215924 question first answered 02/12/2014 16:58:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

165929

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	S4C
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 or his predecessor last met the (a) Chairman and (b) Chief Executive of Sianel 4 Cymru.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	215924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p>There are no current plans for the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to meet with the chairman and chief executive of Sianel 4 Cymru before 31 March 2015. However, he previously met the Chairman and the Chief Executive, as well as other S4C representatives, during a visit to S4C’s Headquarters in Llanishen, Cardiff on 17th July this year. The previous Secretary of State, Maria Miller, also met with both Huw Jones and Ian Jones on 13<sup>th</sup> November 2013. In these meetings future funding was discussed.</p><p> </p><p>All such meetings are detailed in the Department’s regularly published transparency returns: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=dcms+ministerial+meetings&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=dcms+ministerial+meetings&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results</a></p><p> </p><p>Officials from DCMS are in regular contact with S4C equivalents on a range of issues. S4C, as with all publicly funded bodies, has its Exchequer funding set out to the end of the current SR period. This means that in 2015/16 S4C will continue to receive £6.787m of funding from DCMS. In addition to this, the current operating agreement between the BBC and S4C sets out further licence fee funding for 2016-17 (£74.5m).</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 215923 215925 question first answered 02/12/2014 16:58:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

165930

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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, what proportion of the UK population has taken-up super-fast broadband that has been funded or partially funded by BDUK or a local authority.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	215911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible for monitoring broadband markets and publishes Superfast broadband coverage and take-up data by local authority area on their UK Fixed Broadband Map. The 2013 edition is available at: <a href="http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/broadband/" target="_blank">http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/broadband/</a> Ofcom’s 2014 Infrastructure Report is expected to be published in early December. However, the data is not normally available by population as the usual measurement is by premises and the analysis by project is not currently available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/12/2014 10:25:14 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

165932

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	BBC
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 make it his policy to propose to the BBC, as part of the forthcoming negotiations on renewal of its Royal Charter, that under a renewed Charter the BBC should be required to demonstrate more transparency about fees, expenses and salaries paid to all staff or employees of the Corporation who earn more than £100,000 per annum.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	215893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>Further to the answer I gave the hon. Member for East Londonderry on 12 May, Official Report, col 305W, there are no current plans to make such proposals<em>. </em>The Government has said that the right time to consider all aspects of the BBC is the Charter Review; this will not be starting in advance of the Election in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 28/11/2014 10:31:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell