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227102

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Wind Power: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made to the inquiry on the proposal for the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm on the effect on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site of that proposal.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	227432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport wrote to the Planning Inspectorate in February 2015 to urge that the impact of the wind farm on the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site be taken into account in the planning process.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/03/2015 09:29:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

227103

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Internet
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 all internet connection speeds to be 2Mbps or more in (a) Windsor constituency, (b) South-East England and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>According to Ofcom only 3 per cent of UK premises have access to speeds of less than 2Mbps, down from 11 per cent in 2010. As a result of the commercial and government investments, the number of premises with a broadband service below 2Mbps continues to reduce. The government will however, before the end of 2015, make available options to deliver the minimum 2mbps broadband commitment for all qualifying premises.<br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:01:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

226554

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: South East
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 increase the availability of fibre-optic broadband to businesses in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	227285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is almost 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by 2017.</p><p>As of June 2014, Surrey had 89% superfast broadband coverage (speeds of 24Mbps+) as stated in the Ofcom Infrastructure Report 2014. By the end of the current Superfast Surrey broadband project at the end of March 2015 there will be over 97% superfast coverage to businesses and homes in Surrey. Superfast broadband roll-out is managed at local authority level rather than regional level.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

226555

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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, what progress has been made on giving intellectual property rights holders an opportunity to discuss with search engine providers how to maximise the prioritisation of sites with legitimate content.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Since October 2014, my noble Friend the Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Neville-Rolfe has chaired 4 roundtable meetings between representatives of the creative industries and leading UK search engines.</p><p> </p><p>The meetings have been focused on discussing steps that can be taken to reduce the number of consumers led to copyright infringing websites through search results.</p><p> </p><p>Work continues, but during this period the group has seen a substantial improvement in the way some of the most infringing sites are dealt with in search rankings.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 15:57:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226556

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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, if he will take steps to increase co-ordination and accountability for intellectual property policy by establishing a cross-industry partnership between the Intellectual Property Office and the Creative Industries Council.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Creative Industry Council is co-chaired by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Nicola Mendelsohn (Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa, Facebook). As an agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Intellectual Property Office develops intellectual property policy to support innovation and growth, and is already fully engaged in the work of the Creative Industries Council, including the intellectual property workstream.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 16:01:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226559

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the discussion paper, Follow the Money: financial options to assist in the battle against online IP piracy, published by the hon. Member for Hove in June 2014, what steps the Government has taken to (a) ensure that initiatives to tackle intellectual property offences by cutting advertising revenue streams have an international focus and (b) promote further collaboration between the Intellectual Property Office and equivalent bodies in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has formed an Advertising Working Group, chaired by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), which includes representation from international brand holders, online advertisers and law enforcement. Its remit encompasses advertising revenue streams that originate from all territories. The Police IP Crime Unit’s Infringing Website List contains websites owned and hosted internationally and ensures that advertisers adopt a global approach to reduce advertising on websites accused of hosting and facilitating the use of copyright infringing material.</p><p> </p><p>The IPO works closely with equivalent bodies such as the EU Observatory, the Commission and national IP Offices, as well as international law enforcers such as Europol and Interpol, to share our experiences and highlight best practice to help counter the international threat from online IP piracy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 16:04:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226616

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the Government's policy is on the digital single economy in the EU; and what further progress has been made on setting out the UK's position to the European Commission.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The UK Government set out its policy in a paper published in January and is available at <a href="http://engage.number10.gov.uk/digital-single-market/" target="_blank">http://engage.number10.gov.uk/digital-single-market/</a>. We want the EU to create an open, flexible digital single market with a regulatory framework that reflects the dynamic nature of the digital economy. Through the internet, consumers should be able to enjoy greater choice, lower prices, more mobility and better public services. We should also make it easier for businesses to operate online so that they can innovate, drive growth and create jobs. The Government has had several discussions with the European Commission on this point, including with Vice President Ansip and Commissioners Oettinger and Jourova.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 10:45:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226617

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Medway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support his Department has provided for museums in Medway.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	227237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>DCMS directly sponsors 16 museums and galleries in England including the British Library, and supports regional museums through Arts Council England (ACE), the body responsible for museums and galleries in England. DCMS also supports heritage bodies including the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust which is both a heritage site and independent museum. DCMS has provided £245,000 funding to Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust in 2014-15, and will provide £324,000 in 2015-16. <br><br></p><p>Both the Chatham Historic Dockyard and Trust, and the Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive received support from Arts Council England between 2011 and 2015. Chatham Historic Dockyard and Trust received awards of funding of £312,681 in Renaissance transition funding and £9,500 from the ACE Subject Specialist Networks scheme. The Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive, which has a Designated collection of national importance, received a single award of £73,035 from the ACE Designation Development Fund. <br><br>ACE has also provided support to museums in Medway through its Museum Resilience Fund. The Museum resilience fund aims to support a step change for the museums sector by enabling museums to become more sustainable and resilient organisations. The most recent round of awards from the fund was announced in March; the Guildhall Museum was granted £67,100 and Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust £263,000. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust was also awarded £466,542 from the fund in the previous round.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS and the Wolfson Foundation jointly fund the DCMS Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, which supports projects in English Museums and galleries that improve the quality of displays, collection interpretation, public spaces, and access and facilities for disabled visitors. In January 2014 two Museums in Medway received grants from the DCMS Wolfson Fund. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust received an award of £150,000 towards its Building the Future project. The Royal Engineers Museum also received £22,794 towards its Waterloo 200: redisplay of Wellington’s Map project.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 11:26:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

226618

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Surrey
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 households with access to fibre-optic broadband in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	227290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>House of Commons Library analysis (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06643.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06643.pdf</a>) of Ofcom postcode data related to June 2014 suggested the number of premises with superfast (NGA) availability across the Woking constituency was then about 97%. Historical constituency data is not available.</p><p>The following data taken from Ofcom Infrastructure Reports indicates coverage in Surrey between 2011 and 2014. The Department is not aware of data for 2010. Ofcom calculated 2011-14 coverage figures using different methodologies and in 2014 produced two sets of figures. Further details can be found on the Ofcom website: <a href="http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>County</p></td><td><p>Proportion of households in postcodes served by NGA networks</p><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Proportion of households in postcodes served by NGA networks</p><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Proportion of premises in postcodes served by NGA networks</p><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Proportion of premises able to receive NGA broadband services</p><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Availability of superfast broadband (30+Mbit/s)</p><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td><td><p>89%</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 12:38:18 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

226620

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Cannock Chase
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 expedite the process for the licensing of Cannock Radio radio station in Cannock Chase constituency.
tabling member constituency	Cannock Chase
tabling member printed	Mr Aidan Burley
uin	227224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible for licensing community radio services and has awarded over 300 licences since 2005. Over 220 community stations are broadcasting throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for community radio licences are considered by Ofcom in accordance with the requirements of the Community Radio Order 2004. In order to treat all applicants equally, and given the high volume of potential applicants, Ofcom's policy is carry out licensing in rounds, inviting applications from each region of the UK in turn. For similar reasons of fairness, Ofcom does not accept an application from specific groups in a region without also accepting applications from across the whole region.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom invited applicants for the West and East Midlands in the first half 2014, with the closing date for applications on 24 June 2014. Ofcom has not yet confirmed a timetable for further licensing rounds, however Ofcom notes the continuing interest from potential applicant groups, as this will help inform its decisions on future licensing.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 9 licences in the Midlands during the current round of licensing - most recently 3 licences were awarded in January 2015 to stations in the Midlands region. More details can be found on the Ofcom website: <a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/" target="_blank">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Full details on applying for community radio licenses can also be found on Ofcom’s website: <a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/apply-for-licence/" target="_blank">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/apply-for-licence/</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 11:23:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3937 label Biography information for Mr Aidan Burley