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date	06/06/2016
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	Broadband: Bolton South East
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 premises in Bolton South East constituency do not have access to superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	39547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Honourable member will be pleased to hear that 98% of premises in her constituency will have access to superfast broadband by Spring 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Current estimates suggest that almost 95% of premises in the Bolton South East constituency are subject to commercial rollout, and based on DCMS modelled estimates and current delivery plans, a further 3% of premises will have access to superfast broadband by Spring 2017, thanks to the Government's rollout. Early gainshare funding that BT will return in response to the high levels of take-up being achieved, could help extend coverage further. It is estimated only 784 premises will be without superfast broadband by spring 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government's intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation will give people the legal right to request a broadband connection, no matter where they live.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/06/2016 15:59:06 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

347361

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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	Sportsgrounds: Wheelchairs
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 encourage sport stadiums across the UK to meet the recommendations of Sport England and the International Olympic Committee on the number of wheelchair spaces available for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring all spectators have appropriate access to sporting venues and services, and that professional sports clubs are aware of their responsibilities towards disabled spectators.</p><p>Sport England’s <em>Accessible Sports Facilities</em> guide provides guidance on access to sports facilities for disabled sports participants. The International Paralympic Committee’s guidance is there for clubs that want, and can afford, to meet the highest standards on inclusion and accessibility for both participants and spectators.</p><p>The <em>Accessible Stadia</em> guidance produced by the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA) brings together the background information central to designing and providing for disabled spectators at stadia and helps all clubs to meet the basic standard in the first instance.</p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with the Department of Work and Pensions, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and the disabled spectators charity Level Playing Field on a range of measures to ensure that the rights of all disabled spectators, not only wheelchair users, are met by owners of sports stadia. As part of this work, the SGSA will be issuing an updated pamphlet to accompany the <em>Accessible Stadia</em> guidance, which will detail the current legal framework which all service providers must comply with and including advice on how clubs can improve access across a range of different disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/06/2015 08:25:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

347362

registered interest
date	28/05/2015
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: Harassment
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 monitor numbers of incidents of football fans using derogatory terms for disabled people (a) at matches and (b) when travelling to and from matches.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The ‘Kick It Out’ app continues to make it easy for fans to report instances of discrimination during, before or after a game. Of the 184 incidents reported to Kick It Out last season by 28 December, 118 (64%) involved alleged racist abuse, while 17% involved complaints about anti-Semitism. Kick It Out also received 15 complaints of abuse involving sexual orientation, 7 about disability, and 13 relating to sexism. The FA’s Inclusion Advisory Board, chaired by Heather Rabbatts, scrutinise these statistics, and those reported directly to the FA quarterly, and report to me every 6 months, which I will monitor for positive and negative trends.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/06/2015 10:50:50 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi