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387351

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what instructions have been given to staff in his Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, in considering whether to apply the exemptions in section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>No guidance has been issued to staff on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No.19, issued by the Information Commissioner's Office, about the application of section 38 of the Act. However, the Ministry of Justice has published its own guidance on the use of this exemption. This is available here: <a title="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/information-access-rights/foi-guidance-for-practitioners/exemptions-guidance</a><em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 13:38:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387352

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice (Table 10 of annual reports). They are available here <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used by each government department. More detailed figures for the constituent parts of section 38 are not readily available because our systems are not designed to provide a more detailed breakdown than is required for the published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 5301 question first answered 10/07/2015 13:41:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387353

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	5301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice (Table 10 of annual reports). They are available here <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used by each government department. More detailed figures for the constituent parts of section 38 are not readily available because our systems are not designed to provide a more detailed breakdown than is required for the published statistics.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 5280 question first answered 10/07/2015 13:41:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

386986

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Cultural Heritage: Protection
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 20 June 2015 to Question 3292 on creating a cultural protection fund, which key cultural organisations agree that this measure is needed.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	5196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Stakeholders which have expressed their support include: the British Council, British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, UNESCO, UK National Committee of the Blue Shield, British Institute for the Study of Iraq and the Council for British Archaeology among others.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be leading discussions with key cultural stakeholders as part of the process of the development of the cultural protection fund.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 11:34:39 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

386987

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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 Libraries: Voluntary Work
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 20 June 2015 to Question 3288, for what reasons he is not able to estimate the cost of collecting information on the number of volunteer-run libraries.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	5198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>The public library statistics published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in December 2014 included for the first time a breakdown of the different ways in which communities are involved with their local public library service for each of the local authorities in England. A copy of the annual report is placed in the House Library. However, libraries run by volunteers also operate outside of the public library service provided by local authorities and as previously indicated, the Department does not collect data on their number.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The responsibility of the Secretary of State under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 is to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities in England and secure the proper discharge by local authorities of their duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient public library service. This responsibility does not extend to libraries which operate outside of the public library service provided by local authorities and for this reason information is not collected. To do so would require the initial and on-going input of 151 local authorities in England, as well as contributions from other sources and analysis of the robustness of the data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 11:39:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

386991

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Cultural Heritage: Middle East
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 help protect cultural sites in the Middle East.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	5151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport announced on 21<sup>st</sup> June that the Government is developing a new cultural protection fund that will support the protection of cultural heritage of countries affected by conflict or at risk of coming under attack for ideological reasons. The Government will bring forward legislation to allow ratification of the Hague Convention at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 11:45:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

386992

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Cultural Heritage: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on establishing a cultural protection fund.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	5152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Work is underway to develop a cultural protection fund and my Department will be bringing together key organisations to advise on how the fund will be delivered.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 13:18:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

386993

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Cultural Heritage: Protection
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 estimate the cost to the public purse of establishing a cultural protection fund.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	5153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Work on establishing the Cultural Protection Fund is underway.</p><p> </p><p>The overall level of exchequer funding for the cultural protection fund will be determined by the forthcoming Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 13:26:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

386994

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	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, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Wales and (b) Ministers in the Welsh Government on the roll-out of 4G mobile telephone coverage in rural areas in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Albert Owen
uin	5121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>I have not had such discussions yet. As part of the 800MHz spectrum auction Telefonica has a licence condition requiring them to deliver 4G coverage to 98% of UK premises (and a minimum of 95% of premises in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) by 2017. Other mobile network operators have publicly stated an intention to match this coverage, so consumers should benefit from greater choice and greater coverage. Ofcom’s Infrastructure Report shows that as of June 2014 44% of premises in Wales had 4G coverage and 79% of Wales received 3G coverage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 11:49:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1474 label Biography information for Albert Owen

381401

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Pornography: Young People
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 his Department is taking to prevent young teenagers having access and becoming addicted to pornography.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>Helping parents to protect their children from inappropriate and harmful content online remains a top priority, with measures implemented under the previous Government including easy to use parental control filters in the home. The Government also made a commitment in the election manifesto to require age verification for access to sites containing pornographic material. It is considering its approach to delivering this commitment, and will share its plans in due course. Ministers will engage with the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) and other key stakeholders as they develop this policy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2015 13:36:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon