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522995

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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	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
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 effect of the one per cent rise from 2016-17 on the (a) wage levels in real terms, (b) living standards and (c) disposable income of workers in the Information Commissioner's Office to the end of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	39308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The July 2015 budget announced an average 1% pay award for public sector workforces from 2016/17. This is set out in Civil Service Pay Guidance, which is issued each year following negotiation with the Trade Unions.</p><p>Pay restraint is one of the many difficult choices the Government has had to make to put the public finances back on track and makes a significant contribution to protecting jobs and maintaining public services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/06/2016 12:24:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

522487

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
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 take steps to ensure that the Information Commissioner's Office and similar organisations do not award pay rises of more than one per cent to senior staff.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	39087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The July 2015 budget announced an average 1% pay award for public sector workforces from 2016/17. This is set out in Civil Service Pay Guidance, which is issued each year following negotiation with the Trade Unions.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Framework Agreement between the ICO and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Information Commissioner has responsibility for determining the pay and conditions of his staff, including his senior staff. In doing this, he is required to comply with overarching government pay guidance, including on pay restraint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/06/2016 16:28:52 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

446574

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	BBC: Royal Charters
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 has been made on the BBC Charter Renewal process.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	903154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>Good progress is being made on the BBC Charter Review programme.</p><p>The consultation launched in July received an incredible 192,000 responses. We are committed to reading and analysing all of the responses and reached 150,000 earlier this month.</p><p>In addition, I have commissioned further reviews and research, including an independent review of governance and regulation led by Sir David Clementi.</p><p>In the coming months my department will work towards publishing proposals for the future of the BBC.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/01/2016 12:17:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

443203

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to ensure service level agreement requirements incorporated into broadband supplier contracts with their customers ensure a reasonable minimum speed of download is maintained and commensurate with the advertised product.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	21499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>The Ofcom Code of Pratice on Broadband Speeds, effective from October 2015, requires internet service providers (ISPs) to give customers clear and accurate information on home broadband speeds, including the maximum speeds they can achieve, the estimated speed on the customer’s line, and factors that may slow down the speed, such as any fair use or traffic management policies.</p>ISPs must have systems in place to find the cause of speed problems, take steps to fix any issue they are responsible for, and explain to customers if they can do anything to improve the situation. As a result of the October 2015 revised code, customers can terminate contracts at any time without penalty if they receive speeds significantly below the ‘minimum guaranteed access line speed'; previously customers could only terminate within the first three months. <br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/01/2016 11:34:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown