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63203

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Public Libraries
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 steps he has taken to provide more business resources in libraries.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	201676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Enterprising Libraries programme, a £1.2 million partnership between Arts Council England, the British Library and the Department for Communities and Local Government, is supporting local economic growth by turning libraries into spaces for the development of business ideas, providing coaching, advice, meeting spaces and IT support for local businesses and entrepreneurs. Currently sixteen public libraries in England are actively engaged in the programme and receiving financial support.</p><p>Other specific initiatives being delivered through public libraries includes the Access to Research service. This two year pilot commenced in January 2014 and provides a free service enabling local libraries to provide users with access to a wealth of research, including business information. In addition, library authorities are developing business resources to meet local needs. Staffordshire for example has introduced Start2, a service that is available in all public libraries across the county and has trained staff offering information and signposting on all aspects of looking for and finding work, including providing a starting point for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business and small enterprises looking to expand by signposting them to relevant sources of information or specialist organisations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/06/2014 16:17:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

63204

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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: South East
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 he has made on improving the availability of superfast broadband in (a) the Thames Valley and (b) Windsor constituency.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	201678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Berkshire broadband project was allocated £2.03m, which was matched by the Berkshire councils, the project signed its supplier contract on 04 October 2013 and is proposing to make available superfast broadband to over 17,000 premises that would not otherwise have got it.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom monitors and reports on broadband and the table is of Next Generation Access availability across Berkshire between 2012 and 2013:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authorities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRACKNELL FOREST</p></td><td><p>76.8%</p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>READING</p></td><td><p>92.9%</p></td><td><p>95.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SLOUGH</p></td><td><p>91.7%</p></td><td><p>96.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WEST BERKSHIRE</p></td><td><p>59.5%</p></td><td><p>65.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WINDSOR AND MAIDENHEAD</p></td><td><p>83.1%</p></td><td><p>89.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WOKINGHAM</p></td><td><p>87.3%</p></td><td><p>92.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Berkshire</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81.7%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.5%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 30/06/2014 16:16:52 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

63205

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Tourism: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 his Department has made of the contribution of (a) Yorkshire and the Humber, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to the UK's tourism economy.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	201903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The latest regional-breakdown estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published on 20 February 2014, show that in 2011 tourism in Yorkshire and the Humber directly contributed a gross value-added (GVA) of around £2.6 billion to the economy. This is 5.3% of the UK's tourism economy, which is valued in this study at £48.7 billion. The same estimates show that North Yorkshire contributed a GVA of £0.89 billion, which represents 1.8% of the UK's tourism economy. We do not have an estimate of the contribution of the Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency to the UK's tourism economy.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 30/06/2014 16:02:09 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

63313

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Civil Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish its report on its consultation on the future of civil partnership in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	201825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The report on the conclusions of the review of civil partnership in England and Wales is published today and is available on the Culture, Media and Sport website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-future-of-civil-partnership-in-england-and-wales%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-future-of-civil-partnership-in-england-and-wales</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/06/2014 15:17:49 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

63387

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Battle of Waterloo: Anniversaries
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 the Government has to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	201741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Planning for the commemoration, in 2015, of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo is being carried out by Waterloo 200, an umbrella organisation which is overseeing the anniversary. More information can be found on its website at the following link: www.waterloo200.org. In the June 2013 budget, the Chancellor announced funding circa £1m will be allocated to restore the site of the battle.</p><p>The previous Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Maria Miller, was also pleased to announce in October 2013 that at least £10m will be made available by the Heritage Lottery Fund over the next four years to fund projects marking some of the UK's most important anniversaries and commemorative events, including the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/06/2014 15:18:50 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

63020

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Film
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 investment from overseas sources in film production in the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	201595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DCMS and the BFI do not hold data on the total investment from overseas sources in film production in the UK. However, the BFI collects data on the total expenditure on core filmmaking activities by international film production companies on productions made in the UK. Expenditure on core filmmaking activities includes pre-production, principal photography and post production but excludes any expenditure incurred on development, distribution or other non-production activities. The total UK spend in each year since 2010, is set out in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inward Investment UK Spend (£ million)*</strong></p></td><td><p>1,011</p></td><td><p>1,070</p></td><td><p>623</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: BFI</p><p> </p><p>*Rounded to the nearest £ million</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/06/2014 08:47:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 5248 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

63042

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Billing
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 creditors had remained unpaid by his Department on 1 June 2014 for (a) 45, (b) 60, (c) 75 and (d) 76 days and over.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	201614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The number of creditors that remained unpaid by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport at 1 June were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>a</p></td><td><p>45 days and over</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b</p></td><td><p>60 days and over</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c</p></td><td><p>75 days and over</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d</p></td><td><p>76 days and over</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/06/2014 15:15:08 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant previous answer version 5246 answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

63043

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Film
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 level of investment in British-produced films in each year since 2010 with budgets of (a) under and (b) over £500,000.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	201637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The level of investment in British-produced films in each year since 2010 is shown in the table. The total UK spend is used as the nearest indicator of total investment.</p><p> </p><p>a) Films with a budget of less than £500,000 (£ million)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Co-productions</strong></p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Domestic</strong></p></td><td><p>24.6</p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td><td><p>13.6</p></td><td><p>73.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inward investment</strong></p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td><td><p>18.6</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>81.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>b) Films with a budget of £500,000 or more (£ million)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Co-productions</strong></p></td><td><p>75.1</p></td><td><p>54.0</p></td><td><p>72.9</p></td><td><p>53.6</p></td><td><p>255.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Domestic</strong></p></td><td><p>176.6</p></td><td><p>182.4</p></td><td><p>229.2</p></td><td><p>138.9</p></td><td><p>727.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Inward investment</strong></p></td><td><p>1010.7</p></td><td><p>1070.1</p></td><td><p>620.3</p></td><td><p>868.1</p></td><td><p>3569.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1262.4</p></td><td><p>1306.5</p></td><td><p>922.4</p></td><td><p>1060.6</p></td><td><p>4552.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: BFI</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/06/2014 13:33:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

63044

registered interest
date	20/06/2014
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	Cinemas
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 total number of cinemas in operation in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	201638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The total number of cinemas in operation in the four nations in each year since 2010 is shown in the table*</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>544</p></td><td><p>571</p></td><td><p>587</p></td><td><p>577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>745</p></td><td><p>769</p></td><td><p>756</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Dodona Research, Beacon Dodsworth, Cinema Advertising Association, BFI RSU Analysis.</p><p> </p><p>*The regions are based on ISBN television regions and do not necessarily reflect the geographical region, for example, data for Wales also covers a small area of west England and data for Scotland also covers a small part of England around the Scottish border.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/06/2014 13:32:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

62857

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution made by the Prime Minister of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 1116W, what extra resource his Department will provide to deal with extended eligibility for claims made under the (a) support for tourism and (b) flood relief fund for sport schemes.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	201510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government's tourism package on flood support, announced on 1 March 2014, was not grant based. The package included a tactical recovery marketing programme designed to encourage UK residents to take short breaks and trips leading up to Easter, and also funded business support workshops and drop in clinics for tourism and tourism related businesses. Destination Management Organisations could choose to take the opportunity to run the workshops on behalf of VisitEngland, providing the advice for those businesses affected by flooding in the winter floods. There are no plans to extend the package of flood support.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England has had a number of funds in place to help clubs upgrade and improve their facilities and pitches that date back before April 2013. Clubs affected by flooding from April 2013 would be very welcome to apply to these funds to get more people playing sport. Sport England's Inspired Facilities Fund has invested over £91 million to modernise over 1600 local sports clubs and its Protecting Playing Field fund has invested over £22 million into 399 projects to protect and improve over 1000 pitches.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/06/2014 15:12:37 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle