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168880

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the connection vouchers super-connected cities on web page lists two cities as not super-connected.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	217986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Liverpool and Nottingham are not participating cities in the Super-Connected Cities Programme. They are administering a local voucher scheme which is broadly based on the same principles and procedures as the BDUK scheme, but funding comes from sources other than the Urban Broadband Fund. </ins><del class="ministerial">There are 22 Super-Connected Cities in the UK. They are: Birmingham, Brighton &amp; Hove, Bristol, Cambridge, Coventry, Derby, Leeds and Bradford, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Portsmouth, Salford and York in England; Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Perth in Scotland; Cardiff and Newport in Wales; Belfast and Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland.</del></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/12/2014 15:47:52 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2014 16:02:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 33454 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

168625

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	Public Libraries
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 libraries have faced the prospect of closure or being run by volunteer groups in the period (a) 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 and (b) since 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	217670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DCMS monitors proposals by Local Authorities for any changes to their library service provision however we do not collect information on the specific number of libraries that face the prospect of closure or run by volunteer groups. Our estimate of static library closures, for the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, based on consulting a number of sources is around 20.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/12/2014 17:39:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 33093 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

147463

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
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	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning the use of automated telephone dialling technology in order to prevent nuisance calls.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	214083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>A call being made by an automated dialler is not automatically a nuisance call, providing the organisation complies with the relevant legislation, such as the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) that specifically relates to sales and marketing calls.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A ban on the use of automated telephone dialling technology has therefore not been considered necessary by Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/11/2014 13:50:09 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 28632 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

105868

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Creative Industries Council
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 of the members of the Creative Industry Council have their principal workplace outside London.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	212977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Creative Industry Council members represent a range of national, regional and local businesses and organisations. The Council has a national remit and its mission is for the creative industries to prosper throughout the UK. This is very much the focus of its industry-led growth strategy for the sector, which is currently in its implementation stages</p><p> </p><p>There are 40 Creative Industry Council members; 5 of which are political figures. From the remaining 35 members, 6 members currently have their principal workplace outside of London. However, many of the members whose principal workplace is London have a strong regional presence. For example, more employees of the BBC now work outside London than in. The Arts Council England has five regional offices. Many other organisations such as Creative Skillset, Creative &amp; Cultural Skills, UK Music, PACT, UKIE, TIGA, the Publishers’ Association, RIBA, the British Fashion Council, Design Council/CABE have a UK wide remit or represent many organisations based outside London.</p><p> </p><p>The strategy document <em>*Create UK</em>, has been developed with input from over 100 organisations in the sector from across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/11/2014 08:54:33 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 26687 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

92480

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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, how much has been spent on advertising or advertising agencies for the Super Connected Cities project; and whether that spending is in addition to or separate from the £150 million project budget.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p><em>We are advertising the Broadband Connection Voucher scheme in order to ensure as many small and medium sized businesses as possible can benefit from up to £3k to help with the costs of getting superfast broadband. To the end of September we have spent £234k on advertising. This spending is part of the £150million project budget.</em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/10/2014 14:24:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 22156 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

78390

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Authority for Television 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, how many broadcasters in (a) Wales and (b) the UK have been closed as a result of their inability or refusal to pay the Authority for Television On Demand's regulatory fees.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	206114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>ATVOD has no power to close an on demand programme service and therefore has not required any service to close for non-payment of fees.</p><p>Ofcom has not, to date, exercised its statutory powers to either suspend or restrict the entitlement of an on-demand service provider to provide its services because of non-payment of fees.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/07/2014 09:40:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 11632 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

63583

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
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	Local Broadcasting: Television
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 he has for the issuing of further licences for local television.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	202202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>As part of our Local TV licencing programme, Ofcom advertised the following locations with a deadline of 7 January 2014: Barnstaple, Basingstoke, Derry/Londonderry, Gloucester, Guildford, Limavady, Luton, Maidstone, Plymouth, Reading and Salisbury and Ofcom is in the process of considering the resulting applications. Out of these locations, Ofcom only received applications for five: Reading, Basingstoke, Guildford, Salisbury and Maidstone. The licences for Reading, Salisbury and Guildford have been awarded by Ofcom (on 3 June 2014) and Ofcom expects to be able to make a decision on the remaining two locations, namely Basingstoke and Maidstone shortly.</p><p>Ofcom plans to invite applications for further areas later this year.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/07/2014 11:07:17 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 7067 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

63020

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Film
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 he has made of investment from overseas sources in film production in the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	201595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DCMS and the BFI do not hold data on the total investment from overseas sources in film production in the UK. However, the BFI collects data on the total expenditure on core filmmaking activities by international film production companies on productions made in the UK. Expenditure on core filmmaking activities includes pre-production, principal photography and post production but excludes any expenditure incurred on development, distribution or other non-production activities. The total UK spend in each year since 2010, is set out in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inward Investment UK Spend (£ million)*</strong></p></td><td><p>1,011</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: BFI</p><p> </p><p>*Rounded to the nearest £ million</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2014 08:47:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 5248 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

61373

registered interest
date	11/06/2014
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	Arts: Ashfield
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 the Arts Council has spent per head of population in Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	200247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Arts Council England (ACE) makes its funding decisions independently of Government and as such we do not hold the information requested. However, the following information has been provided by ACE:</p><p> </p><p>Value of ACE awards to applicants resident in ASHFIELD Constituency 2009 2014</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Decision Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of Awards</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Per-Capita*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£9,706</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£9,712</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£13,500</p></td><td><p>£0.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* based on Mid-2011 population estimate (ONS) 101,914.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, ACE made two other awards totalling £3.8m from which Ashfield can benefit</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2014 11:04:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 1530 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

58328

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
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	Public Libraries
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 the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 809-10W, on Arts Council England, how much the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council spent on libraries in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	199320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council indicates that the grant-in-aid grants payable for specific library activities for the financial years requested is as shown in the table</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Grant Payable</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Activity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£67,000</p><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Future Libraries - £38,000</p><p>Get it Loud Libraries - £24,000</p><p>National Library Membership - £5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£338,000</p></td><td><p>Future Libraries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£149,000</p></td><td><p>London Library Change Programme</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/06/2014 14:45:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 443 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman