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622533

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Mobile Phones: Competition
	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 her Department has made of the effect on vulnerable consumers of the current switching regime in the mobile market.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	50705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making switching communications provider easier for all consumers, including for vulnerable people. The Digital Economy Bill will make it easier for consumers to switch by requiring communications providers to follow any new procedures set by Ofcom when customers wish to change provider.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom consulted on mobile switching and mobile contracts notice periods earlier this year. Ofcom is now considering responses to those consultations and expects to make a statement on mobile switching in spring 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/11/2016 11:35:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

622537

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Museums and Galleries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to increase the numbers of visits to museums and galleries outside London.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	50672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that arts and cultural experiences like museums and galleries benefit everyone and not just the privileged few.</p><p> </p><p>Our Culture White Paper set out Government’s expectation that all cultural organisations in receipt of public money should reach out to everyone regardless of background, education or geography. Earlier this month Arts Council England announced the ambition to achieve a 4% uplift in the proportion of the budget spent outside London in their 2018-22 investment.</p><p> </p><p>Already this year National Museums Liverpool has seen an 7% increase in the number of visits compared to this time last year. In the coming months DCMS aims to pilot different schemes to increase visitors to museums outside London and expand the ones that work, such as the Cultural Citizens pilot with Kids in Museums in Birmingham. The Museums Review will look at evidence and make further recommendations on widening participation.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/11/2016 11:36:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

622532

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Mobile Phones: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information she holds of when Ofcom plans to bring forward its proposals to reform switching in the mobile market.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	50704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Ofcom consulted on mobile switching and mobile contracts notice periods earlier this year. Ofcom is now considering responses to those consultations and expects to make a statement on mobile switching in spring 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/11/2016 11:34:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

622531

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Mobile Phones: Competition
	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 her Department has made of the effect on consumers of the time taken to implement switching in the mobile market to a gaining provider-led system.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	50703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Ofcom consulted on mobile switching and mobile contracts notice periods earlier this year and is currently considering responses to those consultations, with an expectation to make a statement on mobile switching in spring 2017. The Government would like to see consumers starting to benefit from these switching process measures as soon as possible. The Digital Economy Bill will make it easier for consumers to switch by requiring communications providers to follow any new procedures set by Ofcom when customers wish to change provider.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 01/11/2016 11:33:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith