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868389

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will consider replacing the BBC licence fee with an alternative funding model.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	133609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to maintain the licence fee funding model for the BBC for the duration of this 11 year Charter period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2018 14:51:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

868410

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure internet service providers supply customers with the broadband speed those providers have advertised is available for that region.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	133630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>By 2020 the Universal Service Obligation (USO) will give everyone the legal right to high speed broadband of at least 10Mbps.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We created new powers for this in the Digital Economy Act 2017, and subsequently ran a public consultation on the design of the USO, which we will be setting in secondary legislation very shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ofcom will then be responsible for implementing the USO, including designating the universal service providers and the design of an industry cost-sharing fund.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2018 14:48:06 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

868411

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is his Department taking to improve the technological infrastructure of broadband lines in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	133631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>We are undertaking a range of actions to improve telecoms infrastructure across the UK, including in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>To date, we have invested £1.7 billion of public money and we have delivered 95% superfast broadband coverage of the UK, we will continue to support delivery with at least a further 2% coverage likely to be achieved. For those not covered by the superfast programme, our new broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) will give everyone the right to request a connection with at least 10Mbps download speed.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spring 2017 Budget, £200m of funding was allocated to the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) programme. This includes a £190m Challenge Fund designed to stimulate commercial investment in full fibre networks in both rural and urban locations across the UK. A £65m nationwide Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme to support connections to full fibre broadband has also been recently announced.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, £400 million of public funding has been made available for fibre connectivity through the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund, which will unlock approximately £1 billion of private investment.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has also allocated £30 million of grant funding from the Rural Development Programme for England, targeted at helping to connect businesses with broadband in hard to reach rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond this, the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review will assess what further changes could be made to create the competitive conditions to encourage the long term investment needed to deliver the next generation of digital infrastructure in different areas of the UK, including hard-to-reach rural areas.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/03/2018 14:53:35 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

868425

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	World Poetry Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what part he plans his Department to play in events celebrating World Poetry Day.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	133645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that everyone has the opportunity to experience and participate in all forms of arts and culture including poetry. We continue to support organisations such as the Poetry School and the Poetry Society who aim to promote the recognition and appreciation of poetry. The Poetry Society will have received over £1 million in funding between 2015 and 2018, to help it continue to represent British poetry both nationally and internationally.</p><p> </p><p>A range of events were held across the country to celebrate World Poetry Day on 21 March. For example, Redbridge Library held an open mic session; Brighton &amp; Hove City Libraries tweeted its staff’s favourite poems on the day and Brighton Dome hosted the Emergency Poet and the Poetry Ambulance in Jubilee Square. To provide ongoing support to poetry, Arts Council England has recently given a substantial grant to The Poetry Business to support poets at every stage of their development. This includes a partnership with Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who has selected leading emerging poets for promotion under the ‘Laureates Choice’ banner.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 26/03/2018 14:25:33 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

868455

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2018 to Question 132087, on Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Buildings, what the annual cost of occupying those buildings is.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The annual cost of our rented property is £ 1,312,214.</p><p> </p><p>The annual cost of buildings we occupy through agreements with other government departments is £10,152,449.</p><p> </p><p>The properties we occupying by agreement with other government departments represent better value for money for the tax payer.</p><p> </p><p>In acknowledgement of this fact we are scheduled to surrender the remaining commercial lease in favour of further co-location with government departments in alignment with the wider government estates strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/04/2018 12:02:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

868470

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Universal Service Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on preparations to implement the broadband universal service obligation; if he will prioritise the allocation of broadband funding for areas with (a) very slow and (b) no connections; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	133690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>By 2020 the Universal Service Obligation (USO) will give everyone the legal right to high speed broadband of at least 10Mbps.</p><p> </p><p>We created new powers for this in the Digital Economy Act 2017, and subsequently ran a public consultation on the design of the USO, which we will be setting in secondary legislation very shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom will then be responsible for implementing the USO, including designating the universal service providers and the design of an industry cost-sharing fund.</p><p> </p><p>The USO is demand-led, and will, upon request, allow anyone who does not have a connection that meets the minimum specification from a designated provider, no matter where they live or work, up to a reasonable cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/03/2018 14:59:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

868474

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Cambridge Analytica
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of its agencies has entered into contracts with Cambridge Analytica since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	133694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>We have held no such contracts. Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/03/2018 14:50:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

868546

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help local sports clubs access funding.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	133766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>Sport England, the government arms' length body with responsibility for supporting grassroots sport, has a number of investment funds which local sports clubs can apply to, including their Small Grants fund and the Community Asset Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed information, including prospectuses and guidance on how to apply, can be found on Sport England’s website. Sport England's Club Matters web page also contains a section on ‘Club Management’ which covers topics including Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASC), club structures and managing risk.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Sport England revised and relaunched its commercial framework in June 2017. The framework will help organisations to reduce the levels of public funding they are reliant on through finding alternative sources of private investment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/03/2018 14:12:06 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

868555

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism: National Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of gross domestic product tourism accounts for.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	133775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2016 Tourism accounted for £66bn GVA, which was <del class="ministerial">14.2%</del> <ins class="ministerial">3.8%</ins>of the total UK GVA.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/03/2018 14:41:53 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2018 16:37:18 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis previous answer version 50829 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

868558

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote domestic tourism in England.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	David Evennett
uin	133778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>In November 2015, the Government announced the £40 million Discover England Fund (DEF), an unprecedented opportunity for investment in improving English tourism product.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have been working with VisitEngland to encourage more domestic visitors to explore the country and discover all there is to see and experience on their doorstep this spring. For example, the annual celebration of English tourism, English Tourism Week has just concluded. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://www.visitbritain.org/english-tourism-week" target="_blank">https://www.visitbritain.org/english-tourism-week</a>.</p><p> </p><p>VisitEngland have various projects aimed at promoting domestic tourism and building our domestic product, such a rail ‘final mile’ campaign and developing food hubs across the country. VisitEngland also worked with VisitScotland and Visit Wales to launch a major domestic campaign for summer 2017, focussed on encouraging young people to holiday at home.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 29/03/2018 14:45:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett