1 10 2014-10-21 Windsor To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to encourage public sector users of the radio spectrum to share bands. false 211326 Radio Frequencies Department for Culture Media and Sport Culture, Media and Sport Adam Afriyie 10 Culture, Media and Sport 1 Biography information for Adam Afriyie 2014-10-28T09:41:35.735982Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2014-10-28 Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot <p>All public sector spectrum users are subject to Administered Incentive Pricing (AIP) which serves to encourage spectrum to be used efficiently or released to other uses. This charge is set by HM Treasury with advice from Ofcom and the DCMS.</p> House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport 1 BBC 215689 Culture, Media and Sport 2014-12-01T15:08:49.027Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2014-12-01 <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>No such assessment has been made. The Government has said that the right time to consider these questions is as part of the Charter Review which will not be starting in advance of the Election in 2015.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> Department for Culture Media and Sport To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the current BBC funding model; and if he will make a statement. false Windsor 10 2014-11-24 Adam Afriyie false 1 Internet: Competition Culture, Media and Sport 2015-03-12 Adam Afriyie Department for Culture Media and Sport 227403 10 Windsor To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress the Government has made on increasing competition among internet service providers. Culture, Media and Sport 2015-03-19T16:21:44.153Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2015-03-19 <p>The UK has a highly competitive and open market for Internet Service Providers. There are dozens of companies providing services either using their own network or making use of wholesale products provided by BT. BT’s wholesale access products are open to all Internet Service Providers, meaning that consumers have a range of retail Internet Service Providers to buy broadband services from.</p> Windsor Culture, Media and Sport Department for Culture Media and Sport Adam Afriyie 2015-03-25T17:34:13.247Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2015-03-25 <p>Negotiations are continuing on an EU Regulation on net neutrality, as part of the Connected Continent package. Should a common position be agreed between the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament, and the Regulation adopted, the Regulation will be directly applicable in UK law.</p> Culture, Media and Sport false To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to implement EU regulations on net neutrality. Internet: EU Action 2015-03-12 227421 10 1 Department for Culture Media and Sport 1 2015-03-12 2015-03-19T16:01:58.107Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2015-03-19 <p>According to Ofcom only 3 per cent of UK premises have access to speeds of less than 2Mbps, down from 11 per cent in 2010. As a result of the commercial and government investments, the number of premises with a broadband service below 2Mbps continues to reduce. The government will however, before the end of 2015, make available options to deliver the minimum 2mbps broadband commitment for all qualifying premises.<br></p><p> </p> Culture, Media and Sport 10 227435 Windsor false To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he expects all internet connection speeds to be 2Mbps or more in (a) Windsor constituency, (b) South-East England and (c) the UK. Culture, Media and Sport Internet Adam Afriyie 10 Culture, Media and Sport 2015-03-19T16:06:13.377Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2015-03-19 <p>The Department has run a national awareness campaign to promote superfast broadband in the financial year 2014-15 only. The campaign ran from December 2014 to March 2015 and did not differentiate between fibre optic and satellite. A total cost of £8 million has been set aside for this campaign to include the media buying costs (e.g. the airtime for TV/press adverts) as well as production costs for adverts (TV/radio/digital/out of home), social media activity and a toolkit of materials for local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, as part of the Government’s Business is GREAT campaign we have spent £1.667<strong> </strong>million<strong> </strong>on advertising aimed at small businesses to encourage them to take up a grant for superfast broadband connection for their businesses with a supplier of their choice. This campaign ran September - December 2014 and comprised media buying costs (out of home posters, local press advertisements and radio airtime) and production costs (e.g. photography, fees, printing).</p> Broadband: Advertising 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on promoting or advertising (a) fibre optic and (b) satellite broadband to the public in each of the last three years. Culture, Media and Sport 2015-03-12 227476 Department for Culture Media and Sport false Windsor Adam Afriyie false Windsor Culture, Media and Sport 10 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2015-07-20 Adam Afriyie 1 2015-09-07T14:10:20.46Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2015-09-07 <p>UK spectrum auctions are managed by Ofcom. Ofcom expects to auction up to 190 MHz of spectrum at 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz in this financial year (2015/16). No decision has yet been taken by Ofcom as to whether an auction will be used to assign future spectrum released from public sector use or freed up by the clearance of the 700 MHz band, or the timing of any such auction.</p> Radio Frequencies: Auctions 8013 Culture, Media and Sport To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to announce a spectrum auction by 2020. 8014 2015-09-07T14:11:08.337Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2015-09-07 <p>The current target is to release 500 MHz of spectrum below 5 GHz by 2020, of which 62 MHz has already been released. Ofcom expects to auction up to 190 MHz of additional spectrum at 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz in this financial year (2015/16).</p><p>The Productivity Plan published on 10 July announced that the Government had implemented a new model for the centralised management of public sector spectrum. Under this model a new Central Management Unit based in the Shareholder Executive will propose a new target for public sector spectrum release to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, along with a plan and timetable for achieving it.</p><p> </p><p>Terms of reference outlining how this new model works will be published on <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> in due course.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the increase in the amount of radio spectrum which will be made available to the private sector by 2020. Culture, Media and Sport 2015-07-20 10 1 false Radio Frequencies Department for Culture, Media and Sport Culture, Media and Sport Adam Afriyie Windsor Culture, Media and Sport 13384 false 10 2015-11-03T12:08:17.053Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2015-11-03 <p>We estimate that total coverage of superfast broadband in the Windsor constituency will be 94 per cent. Commercial coverage will provide superfast broadband availability to over 39,900 premises. The BDUK project, which focuses on areas where commercial coverage does not exist or is not planned, will add an additional 2,200 premises to the commercial coverage under phase 1 of the project and an additional 1,600 premises under phase 2.</p> Culture, Media and Sport Broadband: Windsor To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of homes in Windsor constituency have access to superfast broadband. Adam Afriyie Department for Culture, Media and Sport 2015-10-26 Windsor 1 2015-11-03T15:52:01.077Z Wantage Mr Edward Vaizey false 2015-11-03 <p>The Government has provided £780 million to support the roll-out of superfast broadband to 95 per cent of homes and businesses in the UK. In addition, the Government is supportingseven pilot projects exploring options for delivering superfast broadband services to the hardest to reach parts of the UK. Through these pilots, satellite broadband has been provided to 327 premises to date. Customers are being connected every day, so this figure is subject to constant change.</p> Windsor 1 Adam Afriyie Culture, Media and Sport Broadband false Department for Culture, Media and Sport 13385 Culture, Media and Sport To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many households in the UK have been fitted with satellite broadband as part of the Government's broadband rollout. 10 2015-10-26 7829 0