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226554

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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

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

174169

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
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 high speed 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	221137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible the regulation of the UK broadband market and monitors and publishes broadband coverage data in its annual Infrastructure Report.</p><p>Ofcom’s 2014 report indicated an increasing level NGA coverage in Surrey since 2011, as set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Premises with NGA network coverage</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom does not, however, publish data by constituency, but it has published data by postcode at <a href="http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/</a> and <a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/research/ir/Fixed_postcode.zip" target="_blank">http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/research/ir/Fixed_postcode.zip</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/01/2015 15:37:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99794

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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 steps he is taking to tackle nuisance telephone calls; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>Tackling nuisance telephone calls is a priority for the Department. A range of options for reform are being pursued, which includes both legislative and non-legislative measures that will protect consumers more effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Our Nuisance Calls Action Plan of 30 March 2014, included proposals to enable the Office of Communications (Ofcom) to share information more easily with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about companies who may be breaching the regulations. We made this measure effective on 15 July 2014 and it will help ICO to take enforcement action against companies deliberately breaching the rules.</p><p> </p><p>We are also soon to consult to lower the legal threshold, making it easier for ICO to take more enforcement action, including issuing monetary penalties to companies who currently manage to avoid having action taken against them. Work on improving the ability of communication service providers to trace calls is underway and led by Ofcom, with our encouragement. Consent and lead generation issues including how telephone numbers are captured and sold on, are also being considered by the Taskforce led by Which? that will report to the Department by the end of this year. Further details about the full range of measures outlined in our Action Plan can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled</a></p><p> </p><p>Steps taken to date include the Department having improved signposting and information about whom to contact when needing to report nuisance calls, a simpler complaints process, and greater use by regulators of their powers, including the ICO and Ofcom having to date issued monetary penalties totalling more than £2.2 million for nuisance telephone calls and SMS text messages. We will continue to work with regulators, consumer group representatives and the industry to deliver improved protection for the benefit of consumers.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 27/10/2014 11:44:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord