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432209

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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
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 progress he has made on superfast broadband delivery in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	17656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed toprovidingsuperfast broadband coverage to 95 per centof UK premisesby 2017. At the end Phase 1 of the programme, we expect to reach 90 per cent coverage across the UK -and more than 90 per cent superfast coverage in around two thirds of local body partnership areas. For the longer term the Government will also launch a public consultation early next year in preparation for the implementation of a new broadband Universal Service Obligation, with the ambition to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of 10 Mbps, no matter where in the country they live.</p><br /><p>Data on regional and local coverage of superfast broadband was published by Ofcom in its Infrastructure Report in December 2014:</p><br /><p><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv</a>.</p><p>DCMS has also placed estimates of superfast coverage at constituency level at the end of the current broadband programme in the House of Commons library, reference DEP2015-0163:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/11/2015 10:00:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

431622

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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	Telephones: Hearing Impairment
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 implications for his polices of the report by the UK Council on Deafness, Impact assessment: telephony equivalence for d/Deaf people, published in November 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	17209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>We welcome what has been achieved over the years with the introduction of Next Generation Text Relay and the number of companies offering video relay services increasing. Public facing Government departments will continue to work with interested parties to ensure this positive progress continues.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/11/2015 09:52:52 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

431624

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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	Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish its proposed reforms to the Electronic Communications Code.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	17213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to delivering a reformed Electronic Communications Code that is clear, fit for purpose, and supports a UK network that provides consumers with a choice of high quality telecommunications services. We will update Parliament on plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/11/2015 15:51:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

431625

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on its proposals to open up BT fibre for business lines in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	17309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom has proposed that competitors be granted access to BT’s fibre network in Wales and across the UK. It has consulted on this proposal and expects to publish its decision in early 2016. This is a matter on which the regulator must decide.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/11/2015 16:05:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

429355

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
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	Data Protection: EU Action
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 support the inclusion of a specific exemption for Holocaust research in the forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Sir Eric Pickles
uin	16952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>I agree that it is vital that the General Data Protection Regulation, currently being negotiated, provides safeguards to enable historical researchers and archivists to continue with important work.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/11/2015 11:13:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	33 label Biography information for Lord Pickles

429024

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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	4G: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which areas of Wales (a) have access to 4G and (b) are planned to receive access to 4G by 2016-17; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	16872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Improving mobile coverage is a priority for Government. Government reached a landmark agreement with mobile network operators in 2014 to provide coverage to 90% of UK landmass, and the licence obligation on Telefonica (O2) will provide indoor 4G coverage to at least 95 per cent of premises in Wales by 2017. Ofcom is responsible for monitoring and enforcing this requirement and publishes coverage information on its online maps available at www.<a href="http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">maps.ofcom.org.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/11/2015 09:21:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

429025

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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	UK City of Culture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's budget is for the 2021 UK City of Culture competition; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	16856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The process for determining the winning city in 2021 is due to take place in 2017. All funding is subject to the forthcoming spending review.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/11/2015 13:08:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

429027

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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	Telecommunications: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on introducing requirements on communications providers to improve access to relay video services since Ofcom's review of relay services on 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	16828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text DCMS has had several discussions with Ofcom to promote the provision of video relay services in the UK. In addition we have hosted meetings of the eAccessibility ForumVideo Relay Services Providers Working sub-group and have written to the FTSE 100 companies to challenge them to introduce the service.<p /><p /> We welcome the increasing number of companies offering video relay services. Public facing Government departments will continue to work with interested parties to ensure this positive progress continues. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/11/2015 18:16:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

429030

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
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: Small Businesses
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 effect of the closure of the Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme on businesses planning to make an application ahead of the original closure date of March 2016; what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on securing the funding required to re-open and extend that scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	16799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Broadband ConnectVoucherSchemewas hugelysuccessful, and has benefitted 55,000 small and medium businesses across the UK. BDUK issued regular updates to encourage firms to act quickly given the increasingly high demand for vouchers. All broadband connectionsvouchersissued to SMEs before theschemeclosed on 12 October that comply with thescheme’s terms and conditions will be funded. All further funding is subject to the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/11/2015 13:02:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

428770

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
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: Cheshire
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 16 November 2015 to Question 15873, on broadband: Cheshire, if he will take steps to bring the planned coverage of Eddisbury in line with the Cheshire average.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	16734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Eddisbury is eligible for extra funding sources to increase local superfast broadband coverage, including clawback funding BT are offering in response to the high take-up of superfast broadband in Cheshire. It is for Connecting Cheshire to decide which areas to prioritise funding.</p><p><br>In addition, the Prime Minister recently announced the ambition to give people the legal right to request a connection to broadband with speeds of 10 Mbps, no matter where in the country they live.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/11/2015 09:56:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach