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167434

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Energy
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 has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>DCMS is a tenant of HMRC at 100 Parliament Street and responsibility for insulation rests with them.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 04/12/2014 12:10:26 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

165921

registered interest
date	25/11/2014
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	Water
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 reduce water (a) usage and (b) bills in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>DCMS is a tenant of HMRC at 100 Parliament Street and responsibility for water usage rests with them.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/12/2014 14:08:50 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

164331

registered interest
date	24/11/2014
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	Electronic Government
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 ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	215659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>DCMS is responsible for transforming the digital infrastructure in the UK. DCMS is on track to deliver superfast broadband to 95% of the UK by 2017 and is launching 1,000 free public wi-fi hotspots in public buildings across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s UK wide superfast broadband rollout, DCMS funds the superfast broadband connection vouchers scheme that’s aimed at providing local businesses and SMEs with faster broadband. DCMS has created a dedicated website for businesses to access suppliers offering the most competitive voucher packages in their areas at <a href="http://www.connectionvouchers.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.connectionvouchers.co.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>DCMS also ensures it adheres to GOV.UK and Government Digital Services best practice, outlined in its Digital Strategy which is available on GOV.UK at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-digital-strategy" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-digital-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The DCMS reported against actions in its Digital Strategy in December 2013 <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-culture-media-and-sport-government-digital-strategy-actions/dcmss-actions-in-response-to-the-government-digital-strategy" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-culture-media-and-sport-government-digital-strategy-actions/dcmss-actions-in-response-to-the-government-digital-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/12/2014 15:05:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155435

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>DCMS aims to reply to all correspondence within twenty working days of receipt. Correspondence processes are reviewed regularly to ensure DCMS delivers the best possible service in this area of work. The last review took place in August 2014.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 18/11/2014 14:03:10 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

101073

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Private Finance Initiative
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 private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	212094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the information contained in the link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-projects-2013-summary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-projects-2013-summary-data</a>.</p><p>The data can be filtered by procuring authority and then by date of financial close in order to determine how many PFI projects were contracted by DCMS in each year from 1997 to 2010. This information is provided by DCMS and published by the Treasury each year. The current data is as at 31 March 2013, but will be updated with data as at 31 March 2014 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 30/10/2014 14:46:07 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

92912

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Private Finance Initiative
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 total private finance initiative liabilities of his Department are for the next 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	210084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>DCMS has given undertakings to providing revenue support to a range of library and leisure schemes across England, consistent with the long term nature of PFI contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Based on current levels of agreed revenue support, the forecast liability for the next 20 years would be £481m at today’s prices.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 20/10/2014 15:43:55 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

90639

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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	Energy
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 reduce energy costs in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	208337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>DCMS is a tenant of HMRC at 100 Parliament Street and responsibility for energy efficiency rests with HMRC. <br></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 12/09/2014 15:08:03 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

79015

registered interest
date	21/07/2014
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	Buildings
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 review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>I am pleased to say that the Department has been making strong progress to date on the delivery of efficiency commitments made at Spending Review 2010 and Spending Round 2013 – which included reviewing the Department’s estate. The move last financial year to 100 Parliament Street and share space with HM Customs and Revenue is delivering savings of around £2m a year savings from 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010-11 expenditure on the departments estate has declined from £8,533,000 to a forecast cost for this financial year (2014-15) of £4,930,000 – a saving since 2010-11 of £3.6m per annum. We continue to look for savings and bear down on all unnecessary expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/09/2014 09:23:32 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78669

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
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	Correspondence
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 any plans to increase the number of replies within his Department's working day standard; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	206484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>This year to date the Department has replied to 90% of letters from Hon. Members within the 20 working day standard. We aim to improve still further during the remainder of the year.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/09/2014 11:47:30 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

65658

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Broadband: Brighton
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 and proportion of businesses which have access to high-speed broadband in Brighton, Kemptown constituency.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	203866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p /><p>According to the data published by Ofcom in 2013 (<a href="http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/broadband/" target="_blank">http://maps.ofcom.org.uk/broadband/</a>) superfast broadband availability in Brighton and Hove stood at 95% of premises. A breakdown is not provided of the coverage split between residential and business premises.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/07/2014 14:24:26 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby