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114572

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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, if he will take steps to promote greater transparency and dissemination of information by broadband providers to customers on charges incurred when changing suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	213519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom is committed to assisting consumers to exercise their choice and switch broadband service providers with greater ease and convenience. The new regime of Gaining Provider Led Notification of Transfer (GPL NoT) for switching between broadband providers that use the Openreach copper network should be implemented by June 2015. This new process should make changing providers more straightforward and transparent for consumers. No charges should be made for switching provider, however consumers must be aware of contractual obligations that might apply – such as the cost of leaving a contract early or charges for new equipment from the receiving provider.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 14:22:18 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

114656

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	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 proportion of contracts to deliver rollout of superfast broadband have been granted to BT since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	213512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>There are 47 contracts to deliver superfast broadband which have been let under phases 1 and 2 of the superfast broadband programme, a further eight market test pilot projects, and five projects funded by the Defra/DCMS Rural Community Broadband Fund. The eight market test pilot projects and three of the Rural Community Broadband Fund projects are with companies other than BT. The remaining 49 projects have contracts with BT.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 14:21:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

114658

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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, what funding for broadband his Department has provided to (a) Bedford Borough Council and (b) Central Bedfordshire Council in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	213514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has allocated £2.6million to the Central Superfast partnership which includes Central Bedfordshire, Bedford Borough and Milton Keynes under Phase 1 of the Superfast Broadband Programme. Funding of £34,372 has been paid to the project so far, paid in financial year 2014/15. The second phase of the programme is in the procurement process and BDUK has allocated £3.18million (to also include coverage of Luton).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 14:20:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

114659

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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: North East Bedfordshire
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 properties in North East Bedfordshire receive (a) broadband at speeds below 2MBPS and (b) superfast broadband; and what changes there have been in these proportions.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	213515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom publish availability data. They report that the percentage of premises in Central Bedfordshire with speeds less than 2Mbps was 8.6% and 12% in Bedford. Superfast broadband is available to 76.8% of Central Bedfordshire and 77.1% of Bedford.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2012 and 2013 this represents an increase of 6.5% in superfast broadband availability in Central Bedfordshire and a 1.8% reduction in the number receiving 2Mbps or below. For Bedford, figures are 1.1% increase in availability of superfast broadband and a 2.4% reduction in 2Mbps or below services.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom did not publish analysis at constituency level. The Ofcom figures were released in 2013, but Ofcom are due to release an update of its Fixed Broadband Map for 2014 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 14:20:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

106201

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	Internet
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 ensure that people who purchase domain names are doing so to use them for legitimate purposes and not simply to sell on at profit.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	213256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to intervene in the management of the UK registry in this way at this time. Nominet, who operate the UK registry, are a private not-for-profit company with a public purpose objective and any changes to the way in which the registry is managed is done so through a multi-stakeholder approach. The Government supports the multi-stakeholder approach to the way the internet is managed. There is an active secondary market for domain names and Nominet has robust procedures in place to ensure brands and trademarks are adequately protected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 09:44:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

105814

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Technology: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what future investment the Government plans to make to promote the technology sector in London.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	212963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>London is the tech capital of Europe. The Government has played a key part in its success. It supports Tech City UK which delivers support services and programmes to tech businesses in London and UK-wide. London and Partners promotes the London wide tech sector, working on behalf of the Mayor of London and other commercial partners, including Tech City for which it took over specific responsibility in April this year.</p><p> </p><p>Technology companies in London will benefit from a range of government funding such as the:</p><p> </p><p>• recently announced 5m funding (£2m in 2015/2016 and a provisional allocation of £3m in 2016/17) for a pilot digital skills programme to be run by the London Enterprise Panel as part of the London Growth Deal.</p><p> </p><p>• A new Digital Catapult, located in King’s Cross, with £50m over 5 years to provide tech companies with access to expertise and enable them to develop new products and services.</p><p> </p><p>• £40K, this financial year, for Tech City UK’s Future Fifty Programme. Of the 50 tech companies, 37 of them are headquartered in London.</p><p> </p><p>• £400K this financial year for Tech City UK’s Digital Business Academy - an online training programme to ensure everyone has the much needed digital skills.</p><p> </p><p>We will have the lowest corporation tax rate in the G7 from next year. Technology companies can also benefit from other tax incentives such as the Patent Box, which can give an effective 10% tax rate for qualifying net revenue arising from EU or UK registered patents, R&amp;D tax credits, the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the new computing curriculum in September 2014, to ensure a pipeline of digitally skilled individuals. £3.5m of funding has been provided to ensure teachers have the skills to teach the curriculum and there are a number of coding clubs available in London schools, to inspire young people about the career opportunities digital skills provide.</p><p> </p><p>There is also good work at a local level, for example, Camden Council has started to set up code clubs in schools, see the following link: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/02/camden-council-pioneers-coding-in-schools" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/02/camden-council-pioneers-coding-in-schools</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/11/2014 17:06:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

105868

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Creative Industries Council
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 of the members of the Creative Industry Council have their principal workplace outside London.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	212977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Creative Industry Council members represent a range of national, regional and local businesses and organisations. The Council has a national remit and its mission is for the creative industries to prosper throughout the UK. This is very much the focus of its industry-led growth strategy for the sector, which is currently in its implementation stages</p><p> </p><p>There are 40 Creative Industry Council members; 5 of which are political figures. From the remaining 35 members, 6 members currently have their principal workplace outside of London. However, many of the members whose principal workplace is London have a strong regional presence. For example, more employees of the BBC now work outside London than in. The Arts Council England has five regional offices. Many other organisations such as Creative Skillset, Creative &amp; Cultural Skills, UK Music, PACT, UKIE, TIGA, the Publishers’ Association, RIBA, the British Fashion Council, Design Council/CABE have a UK wide remit or represent many organisations based outside London.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy document <em>*Create UK</em>, has been developed with input from over 100 organisations in the sector from across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 08:54:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 26687 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

101755

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	Internet
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 ensure that the system for registering new .uk domains with Nominet is accessible and straightforward.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	212644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p><em>Nominet is responsible for managing the UK registry and any policy changes, such as the introduction of new .uk domain names, is done in full consultation with its stakeholders, which includes the Government. The Government favours this multi-stakeholder model approach to internet governance. The processes for .uk domains are fully transparent and Nominet has justified their policy position when publishing the response to the consultation on second level domain names.</em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/11/2014 09:55:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

101773

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	Internet
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 carry out an international comparative assessment of the ease of registering for the new .uk domains as a UK business.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	212645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p><em>The Government has no plans to carry out such an assessment. The UK registry is one of the most open, trusted and competitive in the world and Nominet consulted extensively before the introduction of the new .uk domain names, including with the Government. </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/11/2014 09:57:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

101780

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
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	Internet
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 received on Nominet's policy of first offering the new .uk domain names to the holder of the equivalent .co.uk domain.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	212691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p><em>The Government responded to the Nominet consultation regarding .uk domain names and supported stronger protection for holders of .</em><a href="http://co.uk/" target="_blank"><em>co.uk</em></a><em> domain names in order to protect existing brands and avoid consumer confusion. Officials subsequently met with officials from Nominet to discuss Nominet's revised approach following consultation responses from all stakeholders.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/11/2014 09:55:51 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins