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227744

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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: Torridge
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 address poor mobile network coverage in rural communities in Torridge and West Devon.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	227770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The agreement announced on 18 December 2014 will improve coverage throughout the UK, and we expect coverage across Devon to improve dramatically. Under the agreement each mobile network operator (MNO) will provide voice and text coverage to at least 90% of the UK landmass by 2017, and we understand that data coverage will improve in many areas. This will lock in £5bn of investment in UK mobile infrastructure, halving partial not-spots and cutting complete not-spots by two-thirds. The MNOs have now made the agreed coverage obligations legally binding, by requesting that Ofcom vary their spectrum licences on a voluntary basis.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/03/2015 11:10:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

457488

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
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	Tourism: Battles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to promote battlefield tourism in England in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	29610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Heritage Lottery Fund is able to support projects concerned with historic battlefield landscapes. Over the coming months the Heritage Minister will be visiting several battlefield sites both at home and abroad to commemorate important events such as the Battle of Hastings and to promote battlefield tourism. The Battlefields Trust is on hand to help preserve and promote battlefield heritage across the UK and local authorities may also be able to help promote battlefields.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 08/03/2016 15:01:21 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

457490

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
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	Cultural Heritage: Battles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) protection and (b) funding is available for historic battlefields in (i) England and (ii) Northam in Torridge and West Devon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	29599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Registered battlefields are protected through the planning system under the terms of the National Planning Policy Framework. Historic England maintains the register of historic battlefields on the National Heritage List for England.</p><p> </p><p>I am pleased to say the Heritage Lottery Fund are able to support projects concerned with protecting and promoting large landscapes such as a battlefield site. Funding may also be available from the relevant local authority.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 08/03/2016 16:50:54 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

457491

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
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	Tourism: 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 steps he has taken to promote tourism in the south west of England in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	29601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Five Point Plan for Tourism sets out the Government’s commitment to encourage tourists to explore beyond London.</p><p> </p><p>According to the Office for National Statistics International Passenger Survey, there were 1.9 million inbound visits to the south west of England in the first nine months of 2015 (Jan-Sep); up 6% compared to the same period in 2014. Overseas visitors spent £0.84 billion during these visits, up 2% on Jan-Sep 2014. The £5 million South West Tourism Growth Fund, announced last year, will further promote tourism in the South-West of England.</p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 08/03/2016 16:38:41 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

577466

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Tourism: 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 steps the Government is taking to increase battlefield tourism in South West England.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	45438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>22% of all Registered Battlefields are located in the South West. Through the recently published Tourism Action Plan ​ and Discover England Fund​, this Government is encouraging visitors, both domestic and international, to venture beyond London, so that the benefits of growth can be felt across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/09/2016 16:19:11 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

581959

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Tourism: Battles
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 promote battlefield tourism in (a) England and (b) Northam in Torridge and West Devon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	45887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>There are 46 ​Registered Battlefields in England, 22% of ​these are located in the South West. Through the recently published Tourism Action Plan and Discover England Fund this Government is encouraging visitors, both domestic and international, to venture beyond London, so that the benefits of growth can be felt across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/09/2016 13:28:53 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

581958

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	BT Group
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 the Government is taking to encourage BT to increase its commercial investments.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	45886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>Nine out of ten homes and businesses now have access to superfast broadband, but our goal is to make sure the UK builds the right infrastructure to maintain our position as a world-leading digital nation. BT has a big part to play in this.</p><p>The government supports Ofcom in the changes that it wants to see in relation to Openreach. A more independent Openreach is needed to benefit consumers and boost investment in the UK’s digital infrastructure.</p><p>We are encouraging BT to invest in high-quality broadband infrastructure and have brokered a deal between Openreach and the Home Builders Federation that will see fibre-based broadband offered to all new developments either for free or as part of a co-funded initiative. Additionally, Virgin and GTC have recently signed new deals in this area.</p><p>We are creating a favourable regulatory environment to incentivise commercial investment for BT and all Communications Providers. For example: we will reform the Electronic Communications Code, to support faster and more efficient infrastructure rollout and to encourage investment and growth in the UK digital industry; and we are making permanent a relaxation of the rules for deploying fixed broadband infrastructure originally introduced in 2013.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/09/2016 15:13:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox