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390221

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to HM Treasury's press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what amount of the £30 million additional savings from his Department will consist of (a) underspends within the DCMS group, (b) reduction in core budget and (c) reductions in funding to arms-length bodies.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	7431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>Of the £30m of in-year savings announced by the Chancellor: a) £24m related to underspends across the Group; b) there was a £1.5m reduction to core budgets; and, c) a £4.5m reduction in funding to arm's length bodies.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/07/2015 09:29:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

390222

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	BBC
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 made of projected BBC expenditure in each of the next years before the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	7342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Forecasts of projected BBC expenditure, before the Summer Budget 2015, were made in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published in March 2015. It can be found using the following link:</p><p><a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/March2015EFO_18-03-webv1.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/March2015EFO_18-03-webv1.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/07/2015 16:48:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

390223

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Journalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of journalists employed (a) in total and (b) at national newspapers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	7343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information. However, the Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey does collect data on the number of &quot;journalists, newspaper and periodical editors&quot; in employment. The figures for the last 5 years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Journalists, newspaper and periodical editors</p></td><td><p>63,000</p></td><td><p>62,000</p></td><td><p>65,000</p></td><td><p>70,000</p></td><td><p>60,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: The Office for National Statistics Labour Force Survey, Employment by Occupation</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/07/2015 12:02:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

390224

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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, whether any of the funding for rollout of superfast broadband top sliced from the television licence fee has been retained for phase 3 of the rollout programme.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	7341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on any investment in the rollout of superfast broadband beyond 95% will be taken as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/07/2015 16:32:49 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

390225

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	BBC: 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 information he holds on how the BBC will enforce payment of the licence fee by people watching iPlayer.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	7340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We are seeking views on the practicalities of enforcement of modernising the licence fee in order to cover public service broadcast catch-up TV as part of BBC Charter Review public consultation published on Thursday 16 July.</p><p> </p><p>The current TV Licence Fee enforcement regime, which includes live or nearly live broadcast television content on any electronic device including via iPlayer, has been reviewed independently. The report has been published and is available via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445212/166926_Perry_Review_Text-L-PB.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/445212/166926_Perry_Review_Text-L-PB.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/07/2015 09:28:15 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

390226

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Public Service Broadcasting
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 plans to take in response to Ofcom's Third Review of Public Sector Broadcasting, published in July 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	7339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We welcome publication of Ofcom's review and statement on Public Service Broadcasting. We will be considering the evidence and recommendations alongside the Charter Review process and in light of responses to our consultation on balance of payments and electronic programme guides.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/07/2015 09:33:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

390227

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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	Museum of London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 1.325 of the Summer Budget 2015, whether the Government plans to provide financial support for the move of the Museum of London.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	7338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Museum of London's aspiration to move to a new site was supported by the Government at the Summer Budget. However, at this stage there are no plans to provide direct Government funding.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/07/2015 16:45:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

389054

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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 Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether it is his policy to retain the BBC Licence fee (a) until 2020 and (b) for the entirety of the next Charter period.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	6503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>I am aware of the range of opinions that have been expressed over the future of the licence fee. This is one of many issues which will need to be looked at as part of the Charter Review. I will make an announcement on the process for Charter Review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 28/07/2015 16:28:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

388897

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 1.318, of Summer Budget 2015, to what ends the Government plans to spend the £10 million for broadband in addition to the existing rural rollout programme.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	6339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The £10 million fund will provide support for ultrafast broadband in the South West, to improve connectivity in that part of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/07/2015 13:12:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

388898

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Public Buildings: WiFi
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 public buildings have been provided with free public wifi in each of the super-connected cities.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	6389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The number of public buildings which have received Wi-Fi in each of the Super Connected cities is listed in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>City</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Buildings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belfast</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and Hove</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derry/Londonderry</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds-Bradford</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong>1361</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/07/2015 13:20:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant