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385943

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have to visit (i) the Guild Wheel, (ii) Preston North End Football Club, (iii) the Harris Museum and Art Gallery and (iv) other sites in Preston in an official capacity in the next year.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <blockquote><blockquote>A regional visit plan has not been finalised. However, at this time there are no current plans for myself, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage or the Secretary of State to visit Preston.</blockquote></blockquote> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 12:09:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385944

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which women's (a) rugby, (b) cricket and (c) football matches (i) he and (ii) Ministers of his Department have attended in an official capacity since taking office.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <blockquote><blockquote>Since the new Government has been formed, both I, the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, and the Secretary of State have yet to attend any women’s rugby, cricket and football matches in an official capacity. The Minister for Sport and Tourism has attended the Kent Girls and Ladies League Final and she is scheduled to attend the Ladies Ashes in August.</blockquote></blockquote> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 13:08:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385945

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Ashfield of 1 June 2015 on superfast broadband in Lilley Close, Selston, Nottinghamshire.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	4480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>A reply has been sent.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 07:29:18 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

385775

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Members: Correspondence
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 intends to reply to the letter to him dated 14 May 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms P Hamilton.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	4226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department did not receive the original letter. A duplicate has now been received and will be replied to in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 15:41:24 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

385776

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Video on Demand
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 the provision of access services for on-demand content.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	4223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of access services for video-on-demand (VoD) services. We have been monitoring progress of the provision of access services for VoD content since 2013 through engagement with the Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD), platform operators and content providers. If ATVOD's 2015 annual survey of VoD services indicates that significant progress has not been made then, as stated in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers Paper (July 2013), we will consider legislation in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 3953 question first answered 02/07/2015 10:49:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

385778

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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: Charnwood
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to ensure roll-out of superfast broadband to (a) Seagrave and (b) Thrussington in Charnwood.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	4254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has allocated £7.46 million to the Leicestershire broadband project. 31,388 homes and businesses had been given access superfast broadband by 31 March 2015 as a result of the project.</p><p> </p><p>Superfast broadband will become available to parts of the Seagrave area from late 2016 onwards. The Thrussington area is at planning and survey stage. Superfast broadband is expected in parts of the area by the end of December 2015. More details can be found on the Superfast Leicestershire website: <a href="http://www.superfastleicestershire.org.uk/when-and-where/" target="_blank">http://www.superfastleicestershire.org.uk/when-and-where/</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 15:40:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

385780

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Video on Demand: Disability
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 review the effectiveness of existing legislation on subtitles and audio description for on-demand television.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	4378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of access services for video-on-demand (VoD) services. We have been monitoring progress of the provision of access services for VoD content since 2013 through engagement with the Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD), platform operators and content providers. If ATVOD's 2015 annual survey of VoD services indicates that significant progress has not been made then, as stated in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers Paper (July 2013), we will consider legislation in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 15:39:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

385781

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Video on Demand: Disability
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 discussions he has had with television representatives on the setting of targets on the provision of subtitles for on-demand television services.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	4379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>We have been monitoring progress of the provision of access services for Video on Demand (VoD) content since 2013 through engagement with the Authority for Television on Demand (ATVOD), platform operators and content providers. As part of our continuing assessment of access to such services for VoD content, we will use information from a variety of sources and engagement with relevant parties to develop a target that we would expect to see reached by mid-2016.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 15:38:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

385783

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Cycling
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 his Department has made of the effect to a local economy of hosting the Tour of Britain.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	4396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I have made no assessment to date. It is for the relevant local bodies to assess the impact that the individual stages of the Tour of Britain have had on local economies.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 07:30:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

385506

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	Television: Disability
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 discussions he has held with television broadcasters on improving services for people with sensory loss.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
uin	4036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is a world leader in the extent and the quality of TV access services, which include subtitles, audio description and signing. UK broadcasters and content providers are committed to meeting the needs of disabled people and want to ensure that this remains the case in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Sections 303 to 305 of the Communications Act 2003 require Ofcom to draw up a Code which provides guidance as to the extent to which television services should provide access services. Ofcom monitors the provision of access services and publishes reports reflecting licensees’ performance against the target. Ofcom has the power to take action against broadcasters who fail to meet their target.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 15:44:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn