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523377

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Cybercrime: Insurance
	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 he is taking to support and spread awareness of cyber security insurance amongst businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	39727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making the UK one of the safest places in the world to do business online and we recognise the role cyber insurance can play as part of a broader risk management strategy.</p><p>In March 2015 the Government published a report on the joint initiatives between Government and the insurance sector to tackle cyber risk. The report is available here:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cyber-security-insurance-new-steps-to-make-uk-world-centre" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cyber-security-insurance-new-steps-to-make-uk-world-centre</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/06/2016 10:49:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

446574

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	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: Royal Charters
	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 on the BBC Charter Renewal process.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	903154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>Good progress is being made on the BBC Charter Review programme.</p><p>The consultation launched in July received an incredible 192,000 responses. We are committed to reading and analysing all of the responses and reached 150,000 earlier this month.</p><p>In addition, I have commissioned further reviews and research, including an independent review of governance and regulation led by Sir David Clementi.</p><p>In the coming months my department will work towards publishing proposals for the future of the BBC.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 21/01/2016 12:17:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

522487

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	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	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the Information Commissioner's Office and similar organisations do not award pay rises of more than one per cent to senior staff.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	39087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The July 2015 budget announced an average 1% pay award for public sector workforces from 2016/17. This is set out in Civil Service Pay Guidance, which is issued each year following negotiation with the Trade Unions.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Framework Agreement between the ICO and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Information Commissioner has responsibility for determining the pay and conditions of his staff, including his senior staff. In doing this, he is required to comply with overarching government pay guidance, including on pay restraint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/06/2016 16:28:52 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

522995

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	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	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
	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 potential effect of the one per cent rise from 2016-17 on the (a) wage levels in real terms, (b) living standards and (c) disposable income of workers in the Information Commissioner's Office to the end of this Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	39308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The July 2015 budget announced an average 1% pay award for public sector workforces from 2016/17. This is set out in Civil Service Pay Guidance, which is issued each year following negotiation with the Trade Unions.</p><p>Pay restraint is one of the many difficult choices the Government has had to make to put the public finances back on track and makes a significant contribution to protecting jobs and maintaining public services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/06/2016 12:24:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

458044

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2016
	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	Cyber Innovation Centre: Cheltenham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support his Department is providing for the development of a cyber innovation centre in Cheltenham.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	29993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement last November, my department has been working with GCHQ and the Office for Cyber Security and Information Assurance to take forward development of the innovation centres. We will ensure that you are kept regularly apprised of progress.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/03/2016 17:06:05 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

512925

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2016
	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: South West
	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 on the rollout of superfast broadband (a) in Cheltenham and (b) across the South West.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	33972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire local broadband project team are currently not operating in the Cheltenham constituency. Based on DCMS modelled estimates and current delivery plans, it is estimated that 94% of premises in the Cheltenham constituency will have access to superfast broadband as a result of commercial coverage. In addition all premises which cannot currently get 2Mbps will be able take advantage of a subsidised satellite broadband service which can deliver speeds of 10Mbps or more.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS has also placed estimates of superfast coverage at constituency level at the end of the current broadband programme in the House of Commons library, reference DEP2015-0163:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?fd=2015-02-01&amp;td=2015-04-01&amp;house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/04/2016 13:46:53 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

513561

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that BT co-operates with Broadband Delivery UK in rolling out superfast broadband in areas not covered by the commercial rollout.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	34428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Broadband Delivery UK are working closely with BT and other suppliers to deliver our Manifesto commitment to provide 95% of the UK with access to superfast broadband by the end of 2017. Almost 4 million homes and business now have access to superfast broadband for the first time thanks to the Superfast Broadband Programme. In addition, BT has recently announced an additional £179m of supplier funding for the programme under the contractual profit sharing arrangements. BDUK also has rigorous controls in place to ensure that all investment is in areas that will not be reached commercially for at least three years, and represents value for money.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/04/2016 08:48:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

513569

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	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	Cyber Innovation Centre: Cheltenham
	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 likely benefits the Cyber Innovation Centre will bring to Cheltenham's local economy.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	34343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The Cyber Innovation Centre in Cheltenham will help local innovators develop new cyber security products and start new companies. This will have a direct benefit to the tech sector in Cheltenham, a benefit which will increase over time as these start-ups grow into what we hope will be world-class firms.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/04/2016 13:48:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

514743

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	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: Cheltenham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department expects that all of Cheltenham will have access to superfast broadband of over 24 megabits per second.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	35082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Superfast broadband of at least 24 Mbps is available to 90 per cent of homes and businesses in the UK – up from 45 per cent in 2010. We currently estimate that 94% of homes and businesses in the Cheltenham constituency will have access to superfast broadband by December 2017. Government is also working with major broadband suppliers to encourage them to further extend commercial coverage, particularly in urban areas.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 28/04/2016 08:45:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

516195

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 1.330 of Budget 2016, how much of the £14.5 million in grants for extending the coverage of ultrafast broadband in the South West will be spent on tackling broadband blackspots in Cheltenham.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	35939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Gloucestershire and Herefordshire County Councils (Fastershire broadband partnership) has been allocated £2 million from the South West ultrafast broadband fund. Fastershire are responsible for setting local coverage priorities and spending funds in line with procurement rules, and are undertaking new procurements with uncommitted funding from the Phase 2 Superfast Broadband Programme to address as many as the remaining non-served areas within the two counties as possible.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/05/2016 09:16:51 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk