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48926

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 benefits of the introduction of unbundled fibre to the cabinet and sub-loop bundling of residential broadband provision.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	197016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>I favour competition at all levels of the telecoms system, where it is effective and sustainable. Sub-loop unbundling (SLU), where a competing provider takes their fibre to BT's street cabinets and connects to BT's copper lines to consumers' premises, is a standard product controlled by Ofcom. At present there appears to be limited demand from communications providers for SLU. There may be opportunities to increase the likelihood of future competition in fibre-to-the-cabinet by designing network upgrades to make such access easier at little or no additional cost at the time of deployment, but lower entry barriers subsequently. Ofcom is keeping the matter under review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48927

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 initiate a review of the fibre broadband wholesale pricing structure.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	197017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>On 27 January this year, Ofcom published a consultation on an update on the impact of fibre roll-out and the proposed charge control review of the wholesale broadband access (WBA) markets, following-on from its July-September 2013 consultation on the WBA market. In this context, services provided via copper, cable and fibre access networks are considered to be within the same market. The update consultation closed on 10 March.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48940

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 complaints the Advertising Standards Authority has received about letting agencies failing to advertise their fees since November 2013.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	197128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Advertising Standards Agency has received 76 complaints since 1 November 2013 about letting agents. This figure includes but is not limited to complaints about fees.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

48970

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what expenditure his Department incurred on the (a) Broadband Delivery Programme, (b) Mobile Infrastructure Project, (c) Spectrum Clearance and Awards Programme and (d) Urban Broadband Fund (Super-Connected City Initiative) in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15 to date; and what further expenditure on each of those projects it expects to incur in (A) the remainder of 2014-15, (B) 2015-16, (C) 2016-17, (D) 2017-18, (E) 2018-19 and (F) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	197157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The expenditure the Department incurred on the (a) Broadband Delivery Programme, (b) Mobile Infrastructure Project, (c) Spectrum Clearance and Awards Programme and (d) Urban Broadband Fund (Super-Connected City Initiative) in the years requested is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Programme</p></td><td><p>2010-11 (£m)</p></td><td><p>2011-12 (£m)</p></td><td><p>2012-13 (£m)</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p>(£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Broadband Delivery Programme</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9.77</p></td><td><p>68.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Mobile Infrastructure Project</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0.09</p></td><td><p>1.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Spectrum Clearance and Awards Programme</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>49.7</p></td><td><p>46.1</p></td><td><p>9.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Urban Broadband Fund (Super-Connected City Initiative)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>16.36</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures provided relate to capital funding only. The totals for (a) and (d) include budget transfers to Broadband projects in the Devolved Administrations and (a) includes a budget transfer to Defra. The 2013-14 data are unaudited figures from the Department's financial systems and therefore subject to change. BDUK has not yet spent any capital funding in 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The forecasts for these DCMS programmes are subject to regular re-profiling. These are published on an annual basis by the Cabinet Office (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-major-projects-portfolio-data-for-dcms-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-major-projects-portfolio-data-for-dcms-2013</a>). The next data set will be published in June 2014. These programmes are currently profiled to spend:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) £780m on the Broadband Delivery programme by end FY 2017/18;</p><p> </p><p>(b) £150m on the Superfast Connected Cities Programme in 2015;</p><p> </p><p>(c) £131m on the Spectrum Clearance and Awards Programme by end FY 14/15;</p><p> </p><p>(d) £150m on the Mobile Infrastructure Programme by end FY 2014/15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 8780 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

48983

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 10 April 2014, Official Report, columns 307-8W, on children: day care, what the breakdown is for the £500 grants available to set up new nurseries, childminders for disabled children and after schools clubs; how many of the 4,417 applicants continue to have a childcare business; and what plans he has for the funding of the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	197189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Childcare Business Grants scheme was launched in April 2013 to help those wishing to start a new childcare business with start-up costs. To date, 4,501 applications have been received, of which 425 have been for £500 grants. Information is not available on the number of applicants that continue to have a childcare business.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of the £500 grants approved is in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Grant application</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled childcare</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursery</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Out of School Club</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*Other</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total applications:</p></td><td><p>425</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Liberata, management information</p><p>*Other (Childcare on domestic premises) – this category represents childminders working from domestic premises with three or more employees.</p><p> </p><p>We recently announced that the scheme will be available for new applicants up to the end of 2014 or until the £2m fund is exhausted.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

48991

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 officials in his Department are employed on zero-hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	107180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has no employees with a zero hours contract.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

48998

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 responses were received to his Department's consultation on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	197111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>There have been almost 11,500 responses to the consultation on the future of civil partnership in England and Wales. We are now considering them and will publish a summary in due course.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 197112 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

48999

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the responses to the consultation on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	197112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>There have been almost 11,500 responses to the consultation on the future of civil partnership in England and Wales. We are now considering them and will publish a summary in due course.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 197111 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

49000

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to extend civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	197113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the views expressed by consultation respondents on the future of civil partnership in England and Wales. The Government has not itself proposed any changes to civil partnership.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

49001

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 took to publicise the consultation on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex partners.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	197114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>On 23 January 2014, when the consultation document was published, I made a Ministerial Written Statement to bring it to the attention of honourable members. This statement was repeated in the House of Lords, by my colleague, Baroness Northover. The publication of the consultation was also announced on the Culture, Media and Sport website. DCMS officials directly contacted around 50 organisations with an interest in the issues and asked other Departments to do the same. Officials also offered meetings to the principal stakeholders, several of which took up the offer, and emailed more than 1300 organisations and individuals who had registered an interest in receiving updates on equal marriage or related issues and highlighted the consultation in the February edition of the Women's Engagement Newsletter, which is circulated to more than 2000 organisations and individuals.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 197115 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton