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171926

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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	Film: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether requirements are placed on companies in receipt of Film Fund funding to pay their interns and apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	219779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text Companies in receipt of British Film Institute (BFI) Lottery Film Funding are subject to employment law. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/01/2015 10:35:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

171788

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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 amount the Government has budgeted for the current media campaign on superfast broadband; and whether that campaign was discussed or co-ordinated with superfast broadband suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	219653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Based on DCMS insight and research the Government concluded that an advertising campaign would promote a greater take up of superfast broadband. For the areas to be covered by the Government's phase 1 Superfast Broadband Programme, we estimate that up to a further £120m will be generated for investment in further coverage for every 10 percentage point increase on the programme's 20% take-up baseline. <ins class="ministerial">The quicker people take up services in the areas delivered with public funding, the quicker funding is returned for reinvestment by the supplier; we therefore launched an £8 million national marketing campaign to raise awareness.</ins></p><p>The budget for the campaign was based on evidence of previous government campaigns to reach the optimum amount of our target audience. The campaign was coordinated with suppliers and both BT and Virgin Media have linked their advertising to it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/01/2015 15:39:10 question first ministerially corrected 15/01/2015 14:11:39 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 37345 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

171491

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Video Games
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 estimate the number of people employed in the video games industry in (a) England, (b) Warwickshire and (c) Warwick and Leamington in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Chris White
uin	219377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>In January 2014, the DCMS Creative Industries Economic Estimates showed that there were 15,000 jobs in the computer games industry in the UK in 2012. This is an increase from 2011, when there were 13,000 jobs in the computer games industry. An estimate for the number of jobs in the computer games industry in the UK in 2013 will be published as part of the next update to the Creative Industries Economic Estimates in January 2015. Estimates are based on the ONS Annual Population survey and analysis at lower levels of geography is not robust.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/01/2015 08:42:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4114 label Biography information for Chris White

171509

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Video Games
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 estimate the contribution made by the video games industry to UK GDP in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Chris White
uin	219379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Latest indicative estimates from the DCMS Creative Industries Economic Estimates release show that GVA for the computer games industry in the UK was £540 million in 2012 and £443 million in 2010 (data for 2013 will be published on 13th January 2015). Estimates are in current prices and do not account for the effects of inflation.</p><p> </p><p>To note, these indicative estimates of the size of the computer games industry are based on the ONS Annual Business Survey. This is a sample survey and estimates at this level of detail for a single year should be treated with caution as they are volatile. ONS data covers businesses which are VAT or PAYE registered only and does not include the contribution of micro-businesses. For these reasons the computer games data in the release are presented in an annex alongside the headline Creative Industries estimates with these caveats stated.</p><p> </p><p>To note these data are already available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-economic-estimates-january-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/creative-industries-economic-estimates-january-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Recent research by Nesta that seeks to include the broader contribution of micro-businesses together will official suggests that the contribution of computer games could be substantially higher.</p><p><a href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/map-uk-games-industry" target="_blank">http://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/map-uk-games-industry</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/01/2015 08:46:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4114 label Biography information for Chris White

171553

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has received any representations asking him to intervene in the BBC's decision to broadcast the short story, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	219552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text The Secretary of State has not received any representations asking him to intervene in the BBC's decision to broadcast the short story, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. The BBC is operationally and editorially independent of Government and there is no provision for the Government to intervene in the corporation’s day-to-day operations. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 06/01/2015 11:40:48 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

171554

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Video Games
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 meetings officials in his Department have had with video games businesses in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Chris White
uin	219375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Over the last 12 months, DCMS officials have met regularly with the video games industry for example to discuss topics such as the video games tax relief, video game sector statistics and export and inward investment opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/01/2015 08:48:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4114 label Biography information for Chris White

171555

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Video Games
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 support the video games industry.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Chris White
uin	219382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Government is committed to working with the creative industries, including through the Creative Industries Council, to further boost their growth. Our support specifically for the video games sector includes tax relief which was introduced from 1 April 2014. To date 25 projects have been formally certified as qualifying projects under the scheme. A further 21 new applications have been received in December alone. We have also invested to ensure that games companies have the skills they need, for example with DCMS match-funding for skills initiatives like Creative Skillset’s Trainee Finder scheme. As of October 2014, Trainee Finder had placed 122 trainees in 67 video games companies.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/01/2015 08:49:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4114 label Biography information for Chris White

171557

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Video Games
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 estimate the number of video games companies based in the UK in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Chris White
uin	219376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>Whilst the DCMS has made no official estimate of the number of companies operating in the video games sector recent analysis undertaken by Nesta and the trade body UKIE showed that there could be up to 1,902 video games companies active in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/01/2015 08:44:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4114 label Biography information for Chris White

171043

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Telecommunications: Contracts
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 review he has made of the arrangements that ensure that customers can easily switch contracts between telecom providers.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	219348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text We set out our thinking on switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that gaining-provider led (GPL) switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015. In July 2014, Ofcom published a call for inputs (which closed in September) on switching providers of broadband, pay-TV, mobile voice and data services and bundled services, in order to gauge the impact of these processes on consumers’ experience and on competition. Ofcom is conducting further research and holding discussions with industry and consumer organisations. It will publish a document setting out its findings in the first half of 2015 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/01/2015 10:34:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

171077

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Television Licences
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 households possessed a television licence in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	219110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out the percentage of licensable places that hold a TV licence. This is based on TV Licensing's evasion model which compares total licences in force to total licensable places but does not split between domestic households and other places such as businesses and student halls. Therefore it cannot be stated specifically what proportion of households had a licence.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Licensable places with a TV licence</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 1995</p></td><td><p>90.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 1996</p></td><td><p>90.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 1997</p></td><td><p>91.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 1998</p></td><td><p>91.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 1999</p></td><td><p>93.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2000</p></td><td><p>93.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2001</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2002</p></td><td><p>94.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2003</p></td><td><p>94.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2004</p></td><td><p>95.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2005</p></td><td><p>95.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2006</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2007</p></td><td><p>95.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2008</p></td><td><p>95.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2009</p></td><td><p>95.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2010</p></td><td><p>95.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>94.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>94.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2013</p></td><td><p>94.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>94.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 07/01/2015 15:49:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk