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174166

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
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	Big Society Network
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 Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 212813, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's provision of its office space to the Big Society Network from 28 July 2010 to 26 November 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>DCMS provided some vacant office space at 179A Tottenham Court Road to the Big Society Network from 28/7/2010 to 26/11/2010, while the Department was seeking a commercial sub-tenant. As the space was unused but waiting to be let no additional costs were incurred to the public purse. The Department also loaned the BSN 5 PCs and a printer and made available access to the wifi connection. Again no additional costs were incurrred to the public purse and BSN did not have access to DCMS systems. The office space was used by BSN for office use.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 221062 question first answered 21/01/2015 11:06:35 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

174167

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
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	Big Society Network
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 Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 212813, for what purpose the Big Society Network used the office space provided by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>DCMS provided some vacant office space at 179A Tottenham Court Road to the Big Society Network from 28/7/2010 to 26/11/2010, while the Department was seeking a commercial sub-tenant. As the space was unused but waiting to be let no additional costs were incurred to the public purse. The Department also loaned the BSN 5 PCs and a printer and made available access to the wifi connection. Again no additional costs were incurrred to the public purse and BSN did not have access to DCMS systems. The office space was used by BSN for office use.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 221061 question first answered 21/01/2015 11:06:35 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

174168

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
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	Sports: Surrey
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 number of adults in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey who have taken part in at least one sporting activity each week in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	221139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Sport participation data is from the Active People Survey, which is the main measure of the number of people aged 16 and above taking part in sport in England. The 2013/14 data will be released 29 January 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>Surrey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 (APS7)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>376,000 (40.8%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 (APS6)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>375,800 (41%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 (APS5)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>367,400 (40.3%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 (APS4)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>371,000 (41.3)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>¹Sample size too small to provide figure</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 21/01/2015 15:35:10 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

174169

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
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: Surrey
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 households with access to high speed broadband in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	221137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible the regulation of the UK broadband market and monitors and publishes broadband coverage data in its annual Infrastructure Report.</p><p>Ofcom’s 2014 report indicated an increasing level NGA coverage in Surrey since 2011, as set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Premises with NGA network coverage</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ofcom does not, however, publish data by constituency, but it has published data by postcode at <a href="http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://infrastructure.ofcom.org.uk/</a> and <a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/research/ir/Fixed_postcode.zip" target="_blank">http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/research/ir/Fixed_postcode.zip</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/01/2015 15:37:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

173987

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
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	Portable Antiquities Scheme
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 effectiveness of the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	220935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>I have made no formal assessment of the effectiveness of the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The Portable Antiquities Scheme, through its network of Finds Liaison Officers, does an outstanding job in encouraging the voluntary recording of archaeological objects found by members of the public. Since 1997 more than one million finds have been recorded in this way and made publicly available online through the Scheme. The Scheme also has an important educational role and allows children and adults alike to learn about archaeology, get involved, and discover the past. The Scheme is managed by the British Museum and funded through DCMS’s grant-in-aid to the British Museum, with local partner contributions. The funding allocation for the Portable Antiquities Scheme for the period between 2011/12 and 2014/15 has been ring-fenced with the funding reduction over this period minimised to less than 5%.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 20/01/2015 17:19:36 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

173670

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
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	Nuisance Calls
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 the Government has taken to tackle nuisance calls; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	220821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text The Government takes the issue of nuisance calls very seriously. It is a priority issue for us. Steps have been taken to tackle the problem through publication of the first ever Nuisance Calls Action Plan on 30 March 2014: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nuisance-calls-action-plan-unveiled</a>. This set out in detail our achievements to date, work underway and proposed actions for the future, which included both legislative and non-legislative measures. This includes having consulted between 25 October and 6 December 2014 on our proposal to lower or remove the legal threshold to improve the ability of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to issue monetary penalties. The Government’s Response to this consultation will be published shortly. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/01/2015 13:33:38 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

173681

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
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	Direct Marketing: Fraud
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 identify and prosecute cold callers claiming to represent a Government debt service.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	220719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text In situations where callers may claim to represent a particular organisation the ICO can take steps to try and identify the caller, so that enforcement action can be taken against them. Complaints can be registered online with the ICO at: <a href="https://ico.org.uk/concerns/marketing/20" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/concerns/marketing/20</a>. Where cold calls are scams involving criminal matters, these are dealt with by the Police or Action Fraud: <a href="http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.actionfraud.police.uk</a>. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/01/2015 13:35:15 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

173682

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 219653, what the budget is for the advertising campaign to promote a greater take-up of superfast broadband.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	220723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>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. 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. The budget for the campaign was based on evidence of previous government campaigns to reach the optimum amount of our target audience.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/01/2015 08:49:54 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

173712

registered interest
date	14/01/2015
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	Nuisance Calls
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 by the taskforce reporting to his Department on tackling nuisance telephone calls.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	220835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text The taskforce published its report on consent and lead generation issues within the marketing industry on 8 December 2014, making fifteen recommendations for business, industry, regulators and Government. We are carefully considering its six recommendations for Government and will respond to these shortly. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/01/2015 13:32:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

173531

registered interest
date	13/01/2015
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	Internet: Harassment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the establishment of cyber-abuse and internet trolling research, either independent of, or in concert with, existing government statistical research agencies, to generate statistical research and clarify issues, with a view to reducing and eliminating internet trolling activity.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL4113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Research is already being carried out into abusive behaviour online. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) established a Research Working Group in 2010 which has undertaken to collate research on all aspects of internet safety affecting children, including trolling. UKCCIS has also presented reports, such as “Good practice guidance for the providers of social networking and other user-interactive services” which looks at the issue of online bullying. This guidance is currently under review.</p><p>In addition, Ofcom is very active in researching online abuse. It publishes the “Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report” on an annual basis. This looks at how children deal with online dangers and how best to improve resilience to online dangers, such as trolling. Earlier this month, it published the “Report on Internet safety measures - Strategies of parental protection for children online” which examines the online safety measures available and how they are used by children.</p><p> </p><p>At present, there are no plans for further statistical research into this behaviour between adults who are trolls. For those whose online postings are grossly offensive, obscene, indecent or false, it remains the case that what is illegal offline is illegal online. The House of Lords Communications Select Committee stated in their report into Social Media and Criminal Offences that the criminal law in this area, almost entirely enacted before the invention of social media, is generally appropriate for the prosecution of offences committed using social media.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 21/01/2015 12:04:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow