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50567

registered interest
date	12/05/2014
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
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 launch a public consultation on steps to be taken to promote the UK eBook industry.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Harris
uin	198448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The creative industries are a great success story for the UK, and the importance of the publishing sector has been illustrated in the recently published creative industries statistics (January 2014), which show its worth of £9.7bn in 2012, employment of nearly a quarter of a million people, and worth of £1.25bn in export of services in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made no direct assessment of the effect of growth in the UK market for eBooks on authors, publishers and readers; however, the existence of digital platforms, such as eBooks, increases the multimedia possibilities for authors and publishers, and provides consumers with more choice. The sector is continuing to seize the opportunities presented by digital technologies and the UK eBook industry is continuing to develop even further.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 198447 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1418 label Biography information for Mr Tom Harris

50047

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
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 representations to the BBC Trust in support of publishing the salaries of all BBC staff earning more than £100,000 per annum.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	198045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>There are no current plans to make representations to the BBC Trust on ensuring the publication of the salaries of BBC staff. The BBC annually publishes the salaries and total remuneration for those earning £150,000 and over, and discloses the pay of all of its senior managers. Information about BBC staff, including salaries and expenses, can be found on the BBC's website<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/seniormanagement/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/seniormanagement/" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/seniormanagement/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

50128

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment he has made of superfast broadband coverage in (a) Hampshire and (b) other counties in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	198022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom monitors the availability of broadband in the UK, including superfast broadband availability, and publishes comparative data on its web site, which can be found at <a href="http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/broadband/" target="_blank">http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/broadband/</a> . Ofcom's 2013 report provides the following comparative data on the availability of superfast broadband in Hampshire compared with the UK average.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Superfast broadband availability</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Southampton</p></td><td><p>91.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire County</p></td><td><p>78.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The full Ofcom data table can be found at <a href="http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-broadband-speed-data-2013.csv" target="_blank">http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-broadband-speed-data-2013.csv</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

50011

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
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 representations he has received on privatising a larger share of the radio spectrum; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	197734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>Government is aware of the need to put more spectrum into the market to support innovation and growth and launched the Public Sector Spectrum Release Programme in 2011. This programme aims to release 500MHz of sub-5GHz spectrum from public sector use by 2020. One of the early actions was to gauge stakeholder demand at a series of events. The most recent Programme update was published on 10 March 2014. On the same day Government published the UK Spectrum Strategy which sets out a vision for efficient and flexible spectrum management, with specific actions and the goal of doubling the contribution of spectrum use to the economy by 2025. Both documents can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spectrum-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spectrum-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

49625

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 the Government has had with representatives of Freeview about improving the number of channels on offer for people in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	197694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom estimates that 98.5% of UK households have access to 17 channels including those from the public service broadcasters (PSBs) on the digital terrestrial TV (DTT, or Freeview) platform, and that approximately 90% of UK households are also able to receive additional commercial DTT channels. Around 1.5% of UK households cannot easily receive DTT services with less than 0.5% not able to receive DTT services at all. However, DTT, cable and satellite digital television services together cover practically 100% of UK households, so that in all but the most exceptional of cases, everyone should be able to get digital television by one means or another. As well as subscription services, digital satellite TV offers non-subscription reception options for a one-off equipment and installation cost, but with no on-going monthly payments.</p><p>We have had no discussions with Freeview or Digital UK, who manage the DTT platform, about extending services and there are no plans to require broadcasters to improve the DTT coverage levels agreed for digital television switchover in 2006.</p><p>Purely commercial DTT services are not subject to the ‘near-universal' coverage requirements which apply to PSB DTT services, and while the operators of the commercial DTT services were given the opportunity to extend their networks at the time of digital switchover, the operators determined that it was not commercially viable for them to build-out their services to additional transmitter sites.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 197692 197695 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

49398

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 improve cross-departmental working on promotion of the UK's arts and health sector in order to improve mental health care and wellbeing.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	197599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>I recently chaired a roundtable meeting on arts and health, which was attended by the co-chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing, representatives from academia and health and Government officials, including from the Department of Health. DCMS will continue to work closely with the Department of Health on the promotion of the UK's arts and health sector in order to improve mental health care and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

49246

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
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 his Department has made of whether to become a signatory to the UNESCO Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage and the International Law of the Sea.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	197238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 463W, to the Hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) regarding the UNESCO Convention on Underwater Cultural Heritage. The UK is already a State Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

48940

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 complaints the Advertising Standards Authority has received about letting agencies failing to advertise their fees since November 2013.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	197128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Advertising Standards Agency has received 76 complaints since 1 November 2013 about letting agents. This figure includes but is not limited to complaints about fees.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

48450

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 libraries in Greater London have (a) closed and (b) reduced opening hours since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	196693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p>The detail requested is not held centrally by this Department, however the Annual Report to Parliament published in January this year indicated our estimate of static library closures in England since the beginning of 2010, is around 90. While the number of public libraries has reduced there has been a notable growth in the number of libraries managed or run by the community. The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) collect, annually, from the individual library authorities, public library statistics which contain information relating to the net figure of public libraries open in each year, as well as the number and type of libraries and the average hours of opening per week. This shows the number of library service points open 10+ hours per week in England (incl. mobiles) at 31 March 2013 was 3,181. However, CIPFA do not collect data on the number of library closures or those that have reduced their opening hours. Copies of CIPFA statistics are available in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 8074 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

48471

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 paintings, artefacts and other objects were lent from the collections of grant-in-aid funded national museums and galleries to regional museums and galleries in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	196689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has collected and published the following data about the number of venues in the United Kingdom to which the sponsored national museums have lent objects from their collections.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of UK loan venues</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Institution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Museum</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial War Museum</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Gallery</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Maritime Museum</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Museums Liverpool</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science Museum Group <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Portrait Gallery</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Natural History Museum</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armouries</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sir John Soane's Museum</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tate Gallery</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victoria and Albert Museum</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallace Collection <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>From 2011-12, the total includes figures for the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, following its merger with the Science Museum Group.</p><p><sup>2</sup> The Wallace Collection cannot lend items under terms of its bequest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 196682 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman