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433164

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
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 publish equality and diversity monitoring statistics on public appointments by his Department's executive agencies and non-governmental bodies.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	18148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Culture Media and Sport already submits statistics on equality and diversity monitoring for its public appointments, to the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.These statistics are incorporated into the</p><p><a href="http://publicappointmentscommissioner.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/OCPA-Statistical-Survey-2014-15-PDF.pdf" target="_blank">Annual Statistical Survey of Ministerial Appointments and Reappointments</a>​, published by OCPA.</p><br /><p>In addition, the Department provides information to the Cabinet Office on the percentage of public appointments made to women. These statistics, broken down by Department,are published on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-in-public-appointments</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/12/2015 14:30:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

433166

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Mobile Phones
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 the Mobile Infrastructure Project as of the end of November 2015; and what proportion of that figure was spent on (a) construction, (b) planning permission, (c) administration and (d) other costs.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	18134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>As at the end of November 2015, spend on the Mobile Infrastructure Project is £9.1 Million. The breakdown of this spend is not in the format requested but the following information can be provided:</p><ul><li><p>Site Builds - £0.9 Million.</li><li><p>Site Searches and acquisitions, which includes obtaining planning permission - £5.1 Million.</li><li><p>Supplier management and programme management costs and one-off supplier deliverables - £3 Million</li></ul><p /> <p>The above spend relates to concluded and ongoing activities to enable identification of suitable locations to build masts. The spend in respect of Site Builds includes payments for some of the masts that are already on air.</p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/12/2015 14:10:04 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

433167

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Aerials
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) location is of each mast which has been erected and (b) status is of further masts currently in planning as part of the Mobile Infrastructure Project.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	18135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>There are 15 live MIP masts as at the end of November 2015. These masts are in the following locations:</p><p /><ul><li><p>Grantham and Stamford, Lincolnshire</li><li><p>Weaverthorpe, North Yorkshire</li><li><p>North Molton, Devon</li><li><p>Portesham, West Dorset</li><li><p>Roadwater, Somerset</li><li><p>Ipswich, Suffolk​</li></ul><ul><li><p>Rattlesden, Suffolk</li><li><p>Seaton, Cornwall</li><li><p>Peakswater, Cornwall</li><li><p>Calstock, Cornwall</li><li><p>Weston Green, Cambridgeshire</li><li><p>Rothwell, Lincolnshire</li><li><p>Manaccan, Cornwall</li><li><p>Londonderry, Derry and Strabane - Northern Ireland</li><li><p>Fermanagh, Fermanagh and Omagh - Northern Ireland</li></ul><p /> <p>Over 50 other potential mast sites are currently being progressed by our supplier with the aim of delivering as many of these as possible by the project end date of 31 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/12/2015 14:11:17 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

433168

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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, whether the Government is taking steps to promote satellite broadband access in areas where fixed line broadband is limited or available at slower speeds than average.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	18137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s Universal Service Commitment will allow universal access to speeds of at least 2 Megabits per secondto any household in the UK,through the option of satellite broadband connections by the end of 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/12/2015 10:31:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

433169

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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 his Department has taken to provide to internet service providers detailed information relating to the broadband Universal Services Obligation announced by the Prime Minister on 7 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	18094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s Universal Service Commitment will allow universal access to speeds of at least 2 Megabits per second through the option of satellite broadband connections by the end of 2015.</p><p /> <p>In addition, an £8 million Market Test Pilot fund is piloting a number of technologies and funding models, including satellite solutions. The results of these pilots will help inform future policy to extend superfast broadband coverage beyond 95%. Avanti, a broadband provider using satellite technology, is currently operational in Dumfries and Galloway and providing superfast coverage.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/12/2015 17:34:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

433170

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Freedom of Information
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) average and (b) maximum length of time taken by his Department is to carry out a public interest case to determine whether certain information will be disclosed in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	18105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government publishes annual statistics on Freedom of Information on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>, including detailed statistics on public interest cases. This includes information relating to DCMS. Please see the latest annual figures for 2014 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-october-to-december-2014-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-october-to-december-2014-and-annual</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/12/2015 15:20:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

433171

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Sports: Drugs
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 prevalence of the use of performance advancing drugs in UK sport.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	18150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government supports the work of UK Anti-Doping which works tirelessly to ensure athletes and sport are clean. Through testing programmes, intelligence sharing with law-enforcement agencies on supplying and trafficking, and its excellent athlete education initiatives, UKAD is one of the world's most highly regarded national anti-doping organisations.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 07/12/2015 12:47:12 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

433172

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	National Lottery
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 statistics on National Lottery good causes expenditure has not been updated on the gov.uk website since December 2014; and when he plans to publish those updated statistics.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	18158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text We have encountered significant technical difficulties in updating the National Lottery Grants Database which have proved much more complex to resolve than anticipated. The delay in updating is very unfortunate however we have been working hard to resolve the issue and expect an update to be accessible in the New Year. Meanwhile, information about grants can be found on the websites of many distributors. answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/12/2015 18:04:13 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

433173

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	National Lottery
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 publish National Lottery income statistics for each region in England.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	18159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on the derivation of National Lottery Good Cause income by region is not currently collected by Government.</p><p>National Lottery good cause money is allocated by expert bodies at arm’s length from Government and information can be found on the National Lottery Grants Database at the following link (http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk); and from Lottery Distributors’ own websites.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 15/12/2015 11:43:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

433174

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
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 for the UK to ratify the 1945 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	18182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to bringing forward legislation to ratify the Hague Convention and accede to its two Protocols at the first opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/12/2015 16:26:15 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord