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595362

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Living Wage: Croydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in (a) Croydon North constituency and (b) the London Borough of Croydon are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	47491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p>I would add that the Government's National Living Wage was introduced in April 2016 for all working people aged 25 and over, and is set at £7.20 per hour. We have asked the Low Pay Commission to recommend the National Living Wage rate that should apply from April 2017, towards a target 60% of median earnings by 2020. By then, around 2.9 million people are expected to have had a pay rise, thanks directly to the National Living Wage. The Government recognises the important work undertaken by the Living Wage Foundation and we encourage employers to pay above the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage where it is affordable to do so.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/10/2016 05:25:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 47491 v 02 (002).pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - National Living Wage
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

595450

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	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 estimate she has made of the amount of its own capital that BT has invested in the rural broadband rollout programme to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	47312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>BDUK does not hold data on BT's total capital investment to date in the Superfast Broadband Programme. As each project completes, BT is required to confirm that either its contracted capital commitment is fully drawn down, or that any unused capital contribution is committed to an investment fund which is managed by the Local Body to support further delivery. BT's total capital commitment for Phase 1 of the programme is £348 million.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/10/2016 09:18:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

595464

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to match the commitment made by the EU to equip every town and village with free wireless internet by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	46963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government will consider the European Commission’s detailed plans for implementing their proposal when they are available.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime we are working to extend digital connectivity further and maintain its position as a world-leading digital economy. The partnership between central Government and local authorities has resulted in £1.7bn of public investment in superfast broadband across the UK and has enabled commercial suppliers to extend coverage of superfast broadband to over 90% of UK homes and businesses. The BDUK programme will see coverage rise to 95% of UK homes and businesses by the end of 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Telefonica (O2) has a licence obligation to deliver indoor 4G coverage to 98 per cent of premises in the UK by end 2017 that will further boost local connectivity across the UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/10/2016 09:20:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

595465

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to match the commitment made by the EU to fully deploy 5G by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	46964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Government has committed to ensuring that the UK seizes the chance to be a world leader in the development of 5G. We have actively participated in the global process for setting 5G standards., and we will continue to engage with international partners, including in the EU, to ensure that the UK is able to maximise the opportunities from 5G leading to widespread deployment as soon as it is commercially viable.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/10/2016 09:11:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

595467

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to publish detailed plans for achieving a minimum 10Mbps broadband connection as a universal service obligation by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	47344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Ofcom has been commissioned to undertake detailed technical analysis which will help inform decisions on the design parameters for the USO. We will publish plans for a broadband USO once we have considered Ofcom’s report which is due to be completed by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/10/2016 09:22:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

595612

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Trapping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the manufacture, sale, possession and use of animal snares.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	47342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to ban the use of all animal snares. The Government has sought to improve the welfare of snared animals through research to improve snare deployment and design and by working with users who are producing new guidance on best practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal Welfare Act 2006 contains protection for animals under the control of man to help prevent unnecessary suffering and covers any animal held in a snare. Any suspected cases of illegal use should be reported to the Police.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/10/2016 08:20:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

595646

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	River Ribble
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to improve flood defences on the River Ribble from the Ribble Estuary to junction 31 of the M6 at Preston; what proposals have been prepared for flood defences along that section of the River Ribble; and what funding is in place to finance such proposals.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	46983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is developing a flood defence scheme for Preston and South Ribble. A full business case is being progressed with detailed modelling and outputs expected during January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to funding and business case approval, the project is expected to improve defences for around 3000 properties and the area from Preston Docks to the M6 at junction 31.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/10/2016 08:18:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

595816

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	IVF: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage clinical commissioning groups to abide in full by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on funding in vitro fertilisation.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	47050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups have a legal duty to have regard to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines. As such, NHS England expects that all those involved in commissioning infertility treatment services to be fully aware of the importance of having regard to the NICE fertility guidelines.</p><p>Representatives from NHS England, the British Fertility Society and Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority are looking at how commissioning of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) services could be improved. Commissioning of IVF will remain a local decision but there may be scope to improve the quality of commissioning through, for example, the development of a benchmark price that the National Health Service pays for infertility treatments and by encouraging the adoption of best practice when making clinical decisions.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 11/10/2016 15:32:20 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

595879

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals: Croydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many EU nationals were living in the Borough of Croydon in September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	47427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 12/10/2016 08:53:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name Steve Reed (47427) v0 2 (2).pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - EU Nationals
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

595961

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	BBC: Video on Demand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether non-payment of the television licence for solely accessing the BBC iPlayer will be treated as a criminal or civil offence.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	46995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Section 363 of the Communications Act 2003 provides that a person who installs or uses a television receiver without being authorised by a licence is guilty of a criminal offence. As of 1 September 2016, this includes watching BBC on-demand services such as the iPlayer.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/10/2016 09:24:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen