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90445

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Domestic Visits
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 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 13W, on domestic visits, what domestic visits he and his predecessor has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ visits are published quarterly and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-meetings-and-hospitality-data-october-to-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-meetings-and-hospitality-data-october-to-december-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 08/09/2014 13:09:47 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90447

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Pay
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 (a) direct employees, (b) outsourced workers and (c) agency workers in executive agencies which report to his Department are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	208011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>DCMS does not have any direct employees who are paid less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS is not responsible for setting pay levels for contracted workers. This is a matter for the organisations who employ them. However, we actively encourage employers to ensure that the living wage is paid and we would monitor these when contracts are being negotiated.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold central records for our arms lengths bodies.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 08/09/2014 13:15:26 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

90006

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	National Anthems
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 bring forward proposals for an English national anthem.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	207647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to recommend to Her Majesty The Queen that any change should be made to the UK National Anthem, nor are there any plans to introduce an official English Anthem.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 13:12:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

89520

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	EU Law
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 new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	207255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2010, DCMS has transposed four EU directives into UK law; and four EU regulations have come into effect within our areas of responsibility.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 13:14:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

89521

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, what the average (a) download and (b) upload speed in (i) the UK, (ii) the South East, (iii) Berkshire and (iv) Windsor constituency was on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	207534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom’s October 2013 Infrastructure Report reported that download modem sync speeds in May 2013 were 17.7Mbit/s for the UK, 17.6Mbit/s for South East England, 19.2Mbit/s for Berkshire, and 18.5Mbit/s for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Average upload speeds were not published in the infrastructure report. However in Ofcom’s UK fixed-line broadband performance report for November 2013 reported an average actual upload speed of 2.3Mbit/s for UK residential fixed-line broadband connections, but they did not publish a geographic breakdown.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 13:10:49 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

89522

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Brass Bands
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 requests for funding have been made to the Arts Council by brass bands in each of the last three years; and how many such requests were (a) accepted in full, (b) accepted in part and (c) rejected.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	207353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>A list of the eligible applications to the Arts Council in the last three years in the sub-art form “Brass and Silver bands” will be placed in the libraries of both Houses. However, some activity for which brass bands play a constituent part may not be included, as the wider activity has not been classified specifically as such. Ineligible applications are not recorded by sub-art form.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 13:08:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

89523

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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	Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has not purchased any televisions in the periods stated.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 08/09/2014 13:13:35 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw