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421331

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Kew Palace: Expenditure
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 (a) current and (b) capital expenditure was for Kew Palace in financial years 2001-02 to 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p><strong>Current and Capital Expenditure for Kew Palace - 2001-02 to 2014-15.</strong></p><p>As a self-financing, Royal Charter Body with charitable status, Historic Royal Palaces' definition of current and capital expenditure may differ from those used within government. The representation expenditure represents the final phase of the overall £6.6 million repair and representation project culminating in the re-opening of Kew Palace in 2006. All figures in the table exclude non-recoverable VAT (currently an additional 13%.)</p><br /><p>Due to HRP's success at Kew, it has taken on and is now representing the Royal Kitchens and is in the process of planning the same for the Great Pagoda, both transferred from the Royal Botanic Gardens. Spending increases since 2006 are as a result of these openings.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current expenditure</strong> <strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Representation expenditure</strong> <strong>£000s</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Capital Expenditure</strong> <strong>£000s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001/2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002/3</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003/4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/6</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>2,630</p></td><td><p>327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/7</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/8</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>(19)</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>(10)</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>315</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><br></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Total</p></td><td><p><br> 3,070</p></td><td><p><br> 3008</p></td><td><p><br> 843</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/10/2015 12:31:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

421332

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Festivals and Special Occasions: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if Ministers in his Department plan to attend Lancashire Day celebrations on 27 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	11794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>&quot;Lancashire Day is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate Lancashire, and as you know, it is of great importance to your constituents. Thank you for the invitation to this fantastic event. Ministers' diaries are unfortunately very busy, but we hope the day is a success.&quot;</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/10/2015 16:41:04 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

421333

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Rugby: World Cup
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what legacy he expects from the UK's hosting of the Rugby World Cup.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	11925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Rugby World Cup is expected to attract 466,000 international visitors to England – more than any previous RWC. Research from Visit Britain tells us that sport tourists traditionally stay for longer, have a propensity to travel around the country and spend more money when doing so. International visitors are expected to contribute up to £869 million in direct expenditure to the UK economy. Last year, an economic impact study by EY estimated a boost of almost £1bn to the UK’s GDP (of £2.2bn total spend generated). This includes £85m of infrastructure projects and the support of 41,000 jobs.</p><p>There are strong plans to drive legacy benefits from the tournament. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is working to spread the game's popularity and there are also plans around the host cities to maximise economic and community benefits.</p><p>The RFU's plans to grow the game include:</p><br /><ul><li>improving facilities through £10m investment</li><li>investing in people, including by recruiting and training nearly 3,000 referees and over 3,000 new coaches, and recruiting 6,000 volunteers ('the Pack') to help run the tournament</li><li>increasing schools’ participation in rugby, especially state schools. 130,000 new state school pupils have played rugby, of whom a third are girls and of whom 3,000 are now playing regularly for a club</li><li>attracting 16-24 year old players back to clubs</li><li>promoting touch rugby to appeal to more people</li><li>the Unity Project to promote rugby in Europe’s developing rugby nations; and</li><li>cultural engagement through over 700 rugby themed events and celebrations.</li></ul><br /><p>DCMS and the Government continue to be fully supportive of these plans.UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) is coordinating a Rugby World Cup Business Festival programme of activity across 8 of 9 regions, aligned to the locations of fixtures. A Global Investment Conference (GIC), hosted by UKTI, launched the festival on 17 September 2015 at Lancaster House. This brought together government leaders and 150 senior potential and existing investors from 9 key Foreign Direct Investment target market countries with teams competing in the tournament.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 11690 question first answered 19/10/2015 15:16:58 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

420990

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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
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 12 October 2015 to Question 10535, what steps he is taking specifically to encourage the deployment of fibre to the premises in new build housing developments.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	11787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is looking at ways to ensure that newly built premises get at least superfast broadband connectivity, including legislation if necessary. We are discussing this with telecoms infrastructure providers and developers. But it is for the market to determine the most appropriate technology that should be used.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/10/2015 09:29:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

420991

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Football: Tickets
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 hold discussions with the FA about the affordability of tickets to Premier League matches for people on the national average wage.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	11532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The pricing of tickets is a matter for the clubs to decide on, however we would encourage all clubs, whether in the Premier League or not, to think carefully about affordability for all fans when setting their ticket prices.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/10/2015 15:00:24 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

420993

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Television: Royalties
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 ensure that payment of royalties is made by platform providers to broadcasters as well as to the rights-holders of programmes.
tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
uin	11547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation on the balance of payments between pay TV platforms and Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) closed on 30 June 2015. The consultation examined the flow of payments between PSBs and pay TV platforms, and whether regulations relating to these transactions are necessary to ensure broadcasters can deliver the highest quality content, at the best price, to the widest possible audience. Department for Culture, Media and Sport officials are now analysing with a view to publishing a Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/10/2015 09:44:26 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

420994

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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
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 ensure that (a) Connecting Cheshire and (b) other local authority partnerships provide timely and accurate advice to homes and businesses about when work will take place to connect them to superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	11572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>All local BDUK project are required to have project websites providing information to their residents of the roll out plans for their area. All projects include maps of their intervention areas and regular updates on progress. The majority of projects have seven digit postcode checkers on their site to provide greater localised information. Details for Cheshire’s broadband rollout can be found on the Connecting Cheshire postcode checker (<a href="http://www.connectingcheshire.org.uk/check-availability" target="_blank">http://www.connectingcheshire.org.uk/check-availability</a>) and on deployment maps indicating broader timescales for upgrades (<a href="http://www.connectingcheshire.org.uk/connecting-cheshire-deployment-maps" target="_blank">http://www.connectingcheshire.org.uk/connecting-cheshire-deployment-maps</a>).</p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/10/2015 09:31:17 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

420995

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Telecommunications: Competition
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 to promote competition in the telecommunications market.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	11722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>It is a matter for Ofcom to monitor and regulate competition in electronic communications markets and periodically to review the operation of the markets. The Regulator announced in March this year a Strategic Review of Digital Communications in the UK. Maintaining and promoting competition in the telecommunications market is a key area that it is considering, as set out in theDiscussion Document Ofcom[O1]published in July. This can be found at<a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/dcr_discussion/summary/digital-comms-review.pdf" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/dcr_discussion/summary/digital-comms-review.pdf</a></p><p>The European Commission has just begun a review of the Electronic Communications regulatory Framework. The promotion of competition in the telecommunications sector is high on the UK’s list of objectives for this review.</p><p>The UK remains a highly competitive market. It has the lowest available stand alone fixed broadband cost among the six biggest countries in Europe, the average price of a residential fixed broadband package has fallen by 40% in real terms between 2004 and 2014. The UK also hasthe second cheapest mobile tariffs. There are over a dozen companies offering fixed broadband services, either over their own infrastructure or through local loop unbundling. In mobile, as well as the 4 major mobile network operators, there are over 40 virtual network operators offering services.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/10/2015 16:30:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

420996

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Rugby: World Cup
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 his Department has to promote the legacy of the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Rugby World Cup is expected to attract 466,000 international visitors to England – more than any previous RWC. Research from Visit Britain tells us that sport tourists traditionally stay for longer, have a propensity to travel around the country and spend more money when doing so. International visitors are expected to contribute up to £869 million in direct expenditure to the UK economy. Last year, an economic impact study by EY estimated a boost of almost £1bn to the UK’s GDP (of £2.2bn total spend generated). This includes £85m of infrastructure projects and the support of 41,000 jobs.</p><p>There are strong plans to drive legacy benefits from the tournament. The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is working to spread the game's popularity and there are also plans around the host cities to maximise economic and community benefits.</p><p>The RFU's plans to grow the game include:</p><br /><ul><li>improving facilities through £10m investment</li><li>investing in people, including by recruiting and training nearly 3,000 referees and over 3,000 new coaches, and recruiting 6,000 volunteers ('the Pack') to help run the tournament</li><li>increasing schools’ participation in rugby, especially state schools. 130,000 new state school pupils have played rugby, of whom a third are girls and of whom 3,000 are now playing regularly for a club</li><li>attracting 16-24 year old players back to clubs</li><li>promoting touch rugby to appeal to more people</li><li>the Unity Project to promote rugby in Europe’s developing rugby nations; and</li><li>cultural engagement through over 700 rugby themed events and celebrations.</li></ul><br /><p>DCMS and the Government continue to be fully supportive of these plans.UK Trade &amp; Investment (UKTI) is coordinating a Rugby World Cup Business Festival programme of activity across 8 of 9 regions, aligned to the locations of fixtures. A Global Investment Conference (GIC), hosted by UKTI, launched the festival on 17 September 2015 at Lancaster House. This brought together government leaders and 150 senior potential and existing investors from 9 key Foreign Direct Investment target market countries with teams competing in the tournament.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 11925 question first answered 19/10/2015 15:16:57 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

420997

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Motor Sports: 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 increase participation in motor sport for young people from families with lower incomes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	11695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Around 25,000 adults already participate in motorsports each week in England and with support this number could increase further. Motor sports and motor cycling clubs and associations are eligible to apply to Sport England for funding and I would encourage them to consider this as an option to help increase participation.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/10/2015 16:52:48 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell