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171043

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Telecommunications: Contracts
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 review he has made of the arrangements that ensure that customers can easily switch contracts between telecom providers.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	219348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text We set out our thinking on switching in the Connectivity, Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013 Ofcom announced that gaining-provider led (GPL) switching would be mandated for broadband and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be completed by June 2015. In July 2014, Ofcom published a call for inputs (which closed in September) on switching providers of broadband, pay-TV, mobile voice and data services and bundled services, in order to gauge the impact of these processes on consumers’ experience and on competition. Ofcom is conducting further research and holding discussions with industry and consumer organisations. It will publish a document setting out its findings in the first half of 2015 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/01/2015 10:34:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

170607

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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	Housing: Telephone Services
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 time taken by BT Openreach to provide for the connection of new housing developments to telephone services.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	219008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p><br></p><p>The lead times for connecting new housing developments will vary according to their location, the services being provided and the engineering difficulties that the company faces. I am aware that there have been delays in connecting some new developments and that Openreach has been recruiting additional staff to help address this problem. The Government recently published its Utilities Guide setting out performance standards for new utility connections. The guide includes for the first time performance standards for telecoms and broadband connections to new builds. This will allow the performance of communications infrastructure providers to be monitored. We will also be exploring with housebuilders and communications infrastructure providers the scope for making further improvements to connection lead times.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/01/2015 17:18:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

170342

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 oral evidence taken by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on 3 December 2014, Question 6, and 10 December 2014, Questions 168, 169 and 174, how many premises in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013 were not and in (c) 2014, (d) 2015 and (e) 2016 will not be able to get at least 2 Mbps broadband from copper and fibre networks; what the geographic location is of those premises; what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of covering the capital equipment and installation cost of a satellite broadband solution for those premises in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016; and what estimate he has made of the monthly cost to the consumer of such a solution.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom reported in its Infrastructure Report 2013 that the proportions of connections receiving below 2Mbit/s were 10% in 2012 and 8% in 2013, while in its Infrastructure Report 2014 it reported proportions were 6% in 2013 and 4% in 2014. The locations of these slow connections are available at postcode level at <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>and by local authority at <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/infrastructure/2014/Fixed_local_authority.csv</a> Ofcom suggested that about half of the 4% of premises in June 2014 receiving below 2Mbit/s already had access to superfast services. Almost all premises should be able to have access to at least 2Mbit/s by 2016. The cost of providing a minimum of 2Mbit/s broadband services would vary dependent upon the solution deployed; for satellite broadband the installation cost could be in the range £100 - £500 per user, and monthly costs to consumers could be from £25.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/01/2015 13:16:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

170344

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 of Sean Williams, Group Director, Strategy, Policy and Portfolio, BT, in evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on 3 December 2014, Question 10, what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of delivery of superfast broadband to 95 per cent of premises being completed in 2018 rather than 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The government will deliver superfast coverage to 95 per cent of premises by 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/01/2015 13:18:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

170352

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what government schemes are targeted at reaching the final five per cent in addition to the Rural Community Broadband Fund and the fund for pilot schemes.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text Since 2010 the government has committed £780 million to bringing Britain into the digital superfast lane. The rollout of superfast broadband will reach 95% of the UK by 2017 because of our investment and the match funding it has leveraged. In addition to rolling out superfast to 95% we are exploring ways to go beyond this through a series of pilot schemes; and we are extending our successful Connection Voucher Scheme which helps businesses with broadband connection costs. Currently available in the 22 Super Connected Cities, the Connection Voucher scheme will be extended to more cities in 2015. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 06/01/2015 11:35:15 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

170355

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Broadband Delivery UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much BDUK paid Oxera to conduct a state aid evaluation of the National Broadband Scheme; how many full-time equivalent employees are working on that evaluation; how many representations Oxera received and from whom these representations were received; whether BDUK plans to publish those representations; and when BDUK plans to publish that evaluation.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>To date no payments has been made to Oxera. The Invitation to tender (ITT) required suppliers undertake an evaluation of the National Broadband Scheme and it was for the bidders to judge how much resource they required to deliver the project within the timeframe. Based on an assessment of the bids against the criteria set out in the ITT, Oxera was the successful bidder. A report on the evaluation will be published in Spring 2015. As the evaluation is on-going, a final list of the respondents is not yet available, but there have been15 submissions to date.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/12/2014 16:08:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

170358

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Department for Culture Media and Sport: Disclosure of Information
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 9 December 2014 to Question 217271, which National Audit Office report was discussed at the Audit and Risk Committee meeting of 4 December 2014; and if he will publish the minutes of that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>At the DCMS Audit and Risk Committee meeting on 4 December, the NAO presented its Annual planning report on the 2014-15 financial statement audit in preparation for its audit of the 2014-15 DCMS Group Annual Report and Accounts, that will take place after the financial year-end in 2015. The minutes of the Audit and Risk Committee are not published.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 06/01/2015 16:06:15 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

169662

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Tickets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the Metropolitan Police in their February 2013 Report "Ticket Crime", and in particular the suggestion that "the lack of legislation outlawing the unauthorised resale of tickets and the absence of regulation of the primary and secondary markets encourages unscrupulous practices, a lack of transparency and fraud".
tabling member printed	Baroness Heyhoe Flint
uin	HL3649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police's 2013 report &quot;Ticket Crime&quot; highlights that many of the methods that touts use to acquire tickets are already illegal, as is the act of fraudulently selling fake or non-existent tickets.</p><p> </p><p>I will continue to discuss the secondary ticket market with ministerial colleagues and the relevant stakeholders, this includes discussion of options that will help consumers to make informed ticket purchases in a safe and secure environment.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 18/12/2014 14:53:13 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4224 label Biography information for Baroness Heyhoe Flint

169774

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Sports: Kent
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) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency that have taken part in at least one sporting activity each week in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	218350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 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 in January 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Gillingham and Rainham</p></td><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>Medway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 (APS7)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>483,100 (34.3%)</p></td><td><p>71,600 (33.5%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 (APS6)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>465,100 (33.3%)</p></td><td><p>69,600 (32.9%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 (APS5)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>435,400 (32%)</p></td><td><p>48,700 (23.7%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 (APS4)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>444,600 (33.1%)</p></td><td><p>67,100 (33%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 (APS3)</p></td><td><p>n/a¹</p></td><td><p>432,900 (32.4%)</p></td><td><p>59,400 (29.4%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>¹Sample size too small to provide figure</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 17/12/2014 10:26:08 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

169888

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Departmental Responsibilities
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 respective policy responsibilities of the Secretary of State for (a) Culture, Media and Sport and (b) Business, Innovation and Skills are with regard to (i) telecoms policy, (ii) the digital economy and (iii) the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	218293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>A joint DCMS and BIS Digital Economy Unit was set up in the summer to support a more co-ordinated approach to digital issues. I was appointed to the role of Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy and am a Minister in both BIS and DCMS. I am the minister with policy responsibility for telecoms policy, the digital economy and the creative industries, reporting to the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport for telecoms policy and the creative industries and the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for the Digital Economy more generally.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/12/2014 16:30:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski