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348573

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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: North Devon
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 plans to take in further extending the availability of superfast broadband in North Devon constituency.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Peter Heaton-Jones
uin	1157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Superfast broadband coverage is available to over 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Commercial broadband delivery is expected to cover 13,862 premises in the North Devon constituency. By the end of the Connecting Devon and Somerset project, coverage is expected to have increased to 39,744 premises.</p><p> </p><p>This data is included in the table in the House of Commons Library: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/06/2015 15:47:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4524 label Biography information for Peter Heaton-Jones

348591

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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	Video on Demand: Disability
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 help people with sensory loss enjoy on demand television content by increasing provision of subtitles and audio description; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	1237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The Government remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of access services for video-on-demand (VoD) services and will continue to monitor progress. If ATVOD's 2015 annual survey of VOD Services indicates that significant progress has not been made, then as stated in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers Paper (July 2013) we will consider legislation in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/06/2015 13:15:18 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

348595

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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: Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on broadband black-spots and harder to help areas in Torbay constituency.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	1110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is over 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by December 2017. This is an increase from 45% coverage in 2010.</p><p><br>Commercial broadband delivery is expected to cover 44,575 premises in the Torbay constituency. By the end of the Connecting Devon and Somerset project, coverage is expected to have increased to 49,101 premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data is included in the table in the House of Commons Library: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 1111 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:44:57 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348596

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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: Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on rolling out broadband coverage in Torbay.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	1111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is over 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by December 2017. This is an increase from 45% coverage in 2010.</p><p><br>Commercial broadband delivery is expected to cover 44,575 premises in the Torbay constituency. By the end of the Connecting Devon and Somerset project, coverage is expected to have increased to 49,101 premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data is included in the table in the House of Commons Library: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 1110 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:44:57 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348623

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps he is taking to assess the impact of his Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 through the publication of guidance for officials - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">Family Test Guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has not applied the Test to date. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is working with the DWP to embed the Test in the policymaking process.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/06/2015 15:52:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348270

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Digital Technology: Disability
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 prevent the digital exclusion of people with sensory loss.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to seeing an improvement in the provision of access services for video-on-demand (VoD) services and will continue to monitor progress. If ATVOD's 2015 annual survey of VOD Services indicates that significant progress has not been made, then as stated in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers Paper (July 2013) we will consider legislation in 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/06/2015 13:21:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

348271

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Internet: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with Nominet on the stakeholders who would be consulted on the sale of .uk domain names to .co.uk domain name holders.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The department has had no separate, specific discussions with Nominet on the stakeholders who would be consulted on the same of .uk domain names. However, the issue was discussed at a number of Nominet Policy Stakeholder Committee meetings, of which the Department is a member of. This was an important forum for discussion about wider stakeholder engagement on this consultation.</p><p> </p><p>As with all consultations, we would expect Nominet to consult with all interested parties, including civil society, the private sector and the technical community, in line with the multi-stakeholder model for internet governance that the government supports.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/06/2015 13:23:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

348304

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Internet: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his timetable is for requiring age verification for relevant websites in order to prevent children's exposure to harmful sexualised content online.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is considering its approach to delivering this commitment, and will share its plans in due course. Helping parents to protect their children from inappropriate and harmful content online remains a top priority, building on measures implemented under the previous Government including easy to use parental control filters in the home.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers will engage with the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) and other key stakeholders as they develop this policy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 975 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:44:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

348306

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Pornography: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of online pornography accessed in the UK which is from websites based (a) in and (b) outside the UK.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>I have not made an estimate, however Government is aware that pornographic content online originates from many countries across the world, and has taken this into account in developing policy supporting network level filters.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/06/2015 15:49:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

348307

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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	Internet: Children
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 plans to take to stop children's exposure to harmful sexualised content online by requiring age verification for relevant websites for websites based (a) in and (b) outside the UK.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is considering its approach to delivering this commitment, and will share its plans in due course. Helping parents to protect their children from inappropriate and harmful content online remains a top priority, building on measures implemented under the previous Government including easy to use parental control filters in the home.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers will engage with the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) and other key stakeholders as they develop this policy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 972 question first answered 23/06/2015 12:44:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce