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759644

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to extend the testing of full-fibre broadband to (a) Ceredigion and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	10178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Local Full Fibre Networks programme Challenge Fund, which all local bodies across the UK will be able to apply for, will open this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:47:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759645

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the six areas in England and Scotland were selected by the Government to test full-fibre broadband.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	10180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The criteria used to identify Wave 1 locations include the learning opportunity, likely success in stimulating investment, project deliverability and suitability, all as assessed from information gathered in our January 2017 Call for Evidence and subsequent engagement through 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 14:32:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759646

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Commonwealth: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to uphold its commitment in paragraph 19 of the final communiqué of the 9th Commonwealth Youth Ministers meeting on promoting youth work as a profession through education and training for sectors where youth engagement is important.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport conducted a series of regional workshops in March and April with youth sector organisations, local authorities, and other local agencies, including Police and Crime Commissioners and Clinical Commissioning Groups to gather views about the opportunities and challenges facing the youth sector.</p><p> </p><p>The evidence gathered at the regional workshops is being considered and used by the Office for Civil Society across its youth policy work and we continue to engage regularly with youth sector leaders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 19/09/2017 10:28:04 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759651

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much has been paid to (a) men and (b) women who left her Department under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	10046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Details of the number, type, compensation levels and cost of exits from DCMS are routinely published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-17</p><p> </p><p>The information in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts includes the Core Department and Agencies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:49:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759653

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many of her Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Departmental pay awards have been applied in accordance with HMT pay guidance.</p><p>For recent pay awards, the department has paid 1% of the grade median instead of 1% of the actual salary, to ensure employees near the bottom of a pay range receive a proportionately higher award than those near the top.</p><p> </p><p>The table below illustrates the number of payroll employees with pay increases as set out in the question.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1st June 2015 to 1st June 2016</p></td><td><p>1st June 2016 to 1st June 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Above 1%</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>At 1%</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 1%</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:52:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759221

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	BT Group: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 5938, on occupational pensions: British Telecom, whether in the event of BT entering insolvent winding up, 100 per cent of BT Pension Scheme claimants' pension payments will be paid under the Crown Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	9833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 5938.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2017 16:26:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

759239

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people identified as problem gamblers in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	9771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The 2012 England and Scotland Health Survey estimated that the problem gambling prevalence rate among adults in England and Scotland was 0.6% which equated to approximately 280,000 people. The latest data available is through the 2015 Health Survey for Great Britain, published on 24 August (NatCen report), which estimated that the problem gambling prevalence rate among adults in Great Britain was 0.8% which equated to approximately 430,000 people. We take problem gambling seriously and launched the review last year and I hope to publish the findings in October.</p><p>Further information on the 2012 data can be found here:</p><p>http://natcen.ac.uk/media/308703/gambling-england-scotland-headline-report-to-gc-v1-0.pdf</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the 2015 data can be found here: http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 14/09/2017 13:48:49 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

759245

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will appoint a chief scientific advisor.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The department does not currently employ a Chief Scientific Adviser, though this position is regularly reviewed.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2017 16:34:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760332

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle discrimination in sport.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	900849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to my response to question from the member for Lewisham Deptford in the chamber this morning.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 14/09/2017 13:23:43 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

760333

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, 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 Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to improve broadband provision in rural areas in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	900850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Superfast Broadband is now available to nearly 94% of premises in the UK and is on track to reach 95% by the end of 2017. Reinvestment of efficiency savings and gainshare from the government programme, coupled with further commercial roll out, means that coverage can increase. By 2020, we will ensure universal broadband availability of at least 10Mbps, so that no home or business is left behind.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/09/2017 17:01:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff