Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered question first ministerially corrected answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

458883

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
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: Royal Charters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which areas of the BBC Charter he will seek to reform in upcoming negotiations with the BBC Trust.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	30401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The BBC Charter Review Consultation Paper, published in July 2015, set out the issues for consideration in Charter Review. The Government will set out its proposals in a White Paper in Spring.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is taking forward a range of measures to tackle nuisance calls, which will increase consumer protection and choice by strengthening the Information Commissioner's Office's (ICO) ability to take enforcement action against organisations that break the law. Specific actions include consulting on making it a requirement for direct marketing callers to display calling line identification; strengthening the ICO's direct marketing guidance; and exploring extending the ICO’s powers of compulsory audit to more of the organisations that generate nuisance calls. Baroness Neville-Rolfe's speech on the subject to the Direct Marketing Authority can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/baroness-nevile-rolfe-on-data-protection-and-nuisance-calls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/baroness-nevile-rolfe-on-data-protection-and-nuisance-calls</a></del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/03/2016 15:44:38 question first ministerially corrected 15/03/2016 16:23:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 51104 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

449950

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
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	Visual Arts
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 economic value of the visual arts sector was in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	25479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The visual arts are a very important part of the UK's wider cultural and creative industries sectors and employ 1.8 million people. According to the latest set of government statistics published last month, the value of sectors categorised under 'artistic creation' - which include the visual arts - between 2010 and 2014 was<del class="ministerial"> £9,355,000.</del> <ins class="ministerial">£9.35 billion.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2016 10:06:13 question first ministerially corrected 12/02/2016 11:44:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 44983 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

427064

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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	Arts: West Midlands
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 funding his Department has provided to support the arts in the West Midlands in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	15657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">More than £258m Government investment in the arts(Grant in Aid) -which is distributed by Arts Council England - has been provided to theWest Midlands in the last five years, as set out in the table. This compares with just over £253m over the previous five years, from 2005/6 to 2009/10.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">More than £258m Government investment in the arts(Grant in Aid) -which is distributed by Arts Council England - has been provided to theWest Midlands in the last five years, as set out in the table. This compares with just over £253m over the previous five years, from 2005/6 to 2009/10.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>West Midlands Regional arts GIA funding breakdown in £000s:</strong></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010/11</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011/12</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012/13</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013/14</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014/15</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£51,257</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£46,410</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£53,397</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£53,883</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£53,161</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The ArtsCouncil is investing in retaining talent and boosting production capacity outside of London - in Warwickshire, this includes £2.1 million to help the Royal Shakespeare Company modernise its workshops; and £495,000 to theNew Vic Theatre in Staffordshire, towards upgrading the building's infrastructure, mainauditorium and visitor facilities.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/11/2015 10:39:25 question first ministerially corrected 20/11/2015 15:16:18 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 31116 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

423252

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
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: Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
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 planned date is for the roll-out of fibre broadband in (a) the Chryston area and (b) the constituency of Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	13006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>UK Government has allocated £122 million for the two Scottish Superfast Broadband projects - the Highlands and Islands project and the Digital Scotland project, which covers the rest of Scotland. Following the completion of the current contracted projects by December 2017, superfast broadband coverage will be around 93% within the Digital Scotland project area.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">We estimate that 42,746 homes and businesses in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency will have superfast broadband available to them by the end of 2017.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 29/10/2015 16:47:30 question first ministerially corrected 29/10/2015 17:06:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 26623 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

422566

registered interest
date	20/10/2015
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	Business: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department gives to businesses on providing proof of their identity when they contact customers (a) online and (b) by telephone.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	12713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Organisationsincludingthe Federation of Small Business, the British Chamber of Commerce and theConfederation of British Industryoffer advice to small and medium-sized businesses on best practice when contacting customers. Weencourage all businesses to have procedures in place to identify themselves when interacting with customers, whether by phone, online or in person. This is vital for consumer confidence and trust.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We encourage all businesses to have procedures in place to identify themselves when interacting with customers, whether by phone, online or in person. This is vital for consumer confidence and trust. Organisations including the Federation of Small Business, the British Chamber of Commerce and the Confederation of British Industry offer advice to small and medium-sized businesses on best practice when contacting customers.</ins></p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/11/2015 15:47:03 question first ministerially corrected 04/11/2015 09:31:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 27476 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

418270

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	National Lottery: Scotland
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 sum of money received was from the National Lottery Good Causes programme in Scotland for use in funding the 2012 London Olympics.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	9904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>All countries of the UK contributed to the funding of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The initial £410m National Lottery contribution, outlined in the Games bid, was supplemented with a further £675m borrowed as part of the increased Olympic budget. The total transfer from the National Lottery Distribution Fund was £1,085m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An estimated £114m (taken from across both the £410m and £675m amounts) was the share given by Lottery programmes in Scotland. This includes amounts transferred from distributors operating wholly in Scotland, and notional amounts allocated to Scotland by UK-wide distributors.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/09/2015 11:38:25 question first ministerially corrected 21/09/2015 11:01:12 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch previous answer version 22213 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

391737

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Museums and Galleries: Greater London
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 support museums in making exhibitions at national museums based in London accessible to school children in remote constituencies.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	8186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>National Museums based in London frequently tour exhibitions to other venues in the UK or loan objects to regional museums enabling access by children in remote constituencies. The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photography of the Year exhibition has for example been to ten UK venues including Cumbria's Rheged Centre.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department of Education announced further funding in January of £1.2m to continue supporting National Museums working with regional museums to enable an increase in visits by schools in regions where take-up by schools has traditionally been low. </ins></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/09/2015 14:12:38 question first ministerially corrected 07/09/2015 14:57:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 19741 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

387315

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	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to remove criminal sanctions for non-payment of the television licence fee.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	5342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>An independent review of the sanctions regime for non-payment of the television licence has been led by David Perry QC on behalf of the Government. The Review has now concluded and the Report will be published in due course. In accordance with section 77(3) of the Deregulation Act 2015, I will lay a report setting out my response to the Review within 3 months of its completion.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2015 08:31:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 13475 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

386567

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department purchases the following newspapers each week:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Sun M-F x 3</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Times M-F x 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Times M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily <del class="ministerial">Telegraph</del> <ins class="ministerial">Telegraph</ins> M-F X 4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guardian M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mail M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mirror M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Racing Post M-F X1</p><p>Racing Post Saturday X 1</p><p>Racing Post Sunday X 1</p><p>Guardian Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Times Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent-Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mail Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Times Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mirror Sat X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Tele<ins class="ministerial">graph</ins> Saturday X 1</p><p>Sunday Times X 1</p><p>Sunday Telegraph X 1</p><p>Independent on Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Observer X 1</p><p>Mail On Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday Express X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday Mirror X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sun On Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spectator X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Statesman X 1</p><p>Arts Review X 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The total amount spent on newspapers for Financial Year 2014-15 was £9659.16</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 28/07/2015 16:22:33 question first ministerially corrected 30/07/2015 15:14:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 18740 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

381157

registered interest
date	15/06/2015
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	Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether implementation of gaining-provider led switching for broadband and fixed telephony has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	2574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2015 answer text <p>The implementation has been completed under rules introduced by Ofcom on 20 June, a gainer-provider led process for switching broadband and/or fixed telephony services provided over the Openreach and KCOM (Hull area) copper networks is in place.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/10/2015 15:54:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 7884 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards