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63480

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	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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the level of broadband coverage in (a) the UK and (b) other major European nations.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	202112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom's European Broadband Scorecard (<a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/telecoms-research/bbresearch/scorecard-14" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/other/telecoms-research/bbresearch/scorecard-14</a>) stated in figure 8 that the percentages of households in areas served by broadband were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Standard broadband</p></td><td><p>Mobile broadband</p></td><td><p>Superfast broadband</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>70-75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>20-25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>90-95%</p></td><td><p>65-70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>60-65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>95-100%</p></td><td><p>10-15%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom also publishes comparative information in its International Communications Market Report (<a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-data/communications-market-reports/cmr13/international/" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/market-data/communications-market-reports/cmr13/international/</a>)</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/07/2014 16:59:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

63481

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	World War I: Anniversaries
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 a suitable commemoration of the First World War; and if he will support the Royal Sussex Regiment Association's efforts for a memorial to be erected in Priez, France.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	202113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government will mark the centenary of the First World War with an appropriate programme of national events, cultural activities, educational initiatives and community projects across 2014-18. It is fitting that organisations such as the Royal Sussex Regiment Association are seeking to commemorate the centenary in ways which are meaningful for them.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:50:26 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

63584

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	War Memorials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) location of memorials to commemorate the war dead in the (i) First World War and (ii) Second World War; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	202192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS holds no records on the number or location of memorials to commemorate the war dead. Information about war memorials throughout the UK is held by both the Imperial War Museum and the War Memorials Trust. The Imperial War Museum is working with its partners to make this information more easily accessible to the public.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2014 08:23:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

63585

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	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	202051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The table sets out the percentage of employees, within each performance category, who have declared a disability, and the percentage of all other staff in each performance category for the 2013-14 reporting year for assessments received to date. The percentage of all other staff includes staff who have either explicitly declared that they do not have a disability, have chosen the ‘prefer not to say' option, or have not responded to the question at all.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Excellent </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Good</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of employees who have declared a disability in each performance rating</p></td><td><p><strong>1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of all other staff employed in each performance rating</p></td><td><p><strong>35%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) takes seriously its obligations to collect diversity data as required by the Equality Act 2010. All staff have been asked to provide personal diversity data to be held anonymously, and we continue to encourage increased declaration by staff. As such these figures will not be fully representative of workforce diversity.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:48:32 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

63586

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	War Memorials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has allocated to the maintenance of war memorials in each of the next three years; what steps it takes to ensure that war memorials are maintained to a high standard; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	202184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>The DCMS-run Memorial Grant Scheme has a budget of £543,000 for this financial year. Grants are available to charities and faith groups, and can be used to repair and maintain war memorials. The Government has today announced that it will give the War Memorials Trust up to £3 million over the First World War centenary period to boost the funds available to local communities for the repair and conservation of war memorials. English Heritage, Imperial War Museums and Civic Voice will together be given £1.5 million over the same period to deliver better protection through Listing, a greater pool of specialist skills, a national register of war memorials, and a network of trained volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2014 08:22:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

63590

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	Educational Testing Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what current contracts (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies hold with the Educational Testing Service or any of that organisation's subsidiaries.
tabling member constituency	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Gibb
uin	202166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any contracts with the Educational Testing Service or any of its subsidiaries. We do not hold information centrally on our executive agency or non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:49:35 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb

63593

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	Monuments
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 (a) spent in each of the last 10 years and (b) plans to spend in each of the next three years on maintaining national memorials; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	202023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has spent the following amounts in each of the last 10 years maintaining national memorials:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>529,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>269,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>334,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>229,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>391,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>854,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>714,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The DCMS-run Memorial Grant Scheme has a budget of £543,000 for this financial year. Grants are available to charities and faith groups, and can be used to repair and maintain war memorials. The Government has today announced that it will give the War Memorials Trust up to £3 million over the First World War centenary period to boost the funds available to local communities for the repair and conservation of war memorials. English Heritage, Imperial War Museums and Civic Voice will together be given £1.5 million over the same period to deliver better protection through Listing, a greater pool of specialist skills, a national register of war memorials, and a network of trained volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:51:20 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

63594

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	Memorials Grant Scheme
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 gave to the Memorials Grant Scheme in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	202024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has given the amounts set out from the Memorial Grant Scheme in each of the last 10 years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding MGS (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>529,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>269,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>334,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>229,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>391,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>854,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>714,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 01/07/2014 16:52:55 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

63597

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	Cemeteries
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 representations he has received on the establishment of a national cemetery; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	202027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>None. DCMS has no responsibility for cemeteries.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2014 08:20:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

63203

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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, what recent steps he has taken to provide more business resources in libraries.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	201676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Enterprising Libraries programme, a £1.2 million partnership between Arts Council England, the British Library and the Department for Communities and Local Government, is supporting local economic growth by turning libraries into spaces for the development of business ideas, providing coaching, advice, meeting spaces and IT support for local businesses and entrepreneurs. Currently sixteen public libraries in England are actively engaged in the programme and receiving financial support.</p><p>Other specific initiatives being delivered through public libraries includes the Access to Research service. This two year pilot commenced in January 2014 and provides a free service enabling local libraries to provide users with access to a wealth of research, including business information. In addition, library authorities are developing business resources to meet local needs. Staffordshire for example has introduced Start2, a service that is available in all public libraries across the county and has trained staff offering information and signposting on all aspects of looking for and finding work, including providing a starting point for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business and small enterprises looking to expand by signposting them to relevant sources of information or specialist organisations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/06/2014 16:17:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie