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772078

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Broadcasting: Radio Frequencies
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 the reason was for the decision to restrict the Programme Making and Special Events funding scheme to the residual value of equipment.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	108229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Ofcom consulted on a Help Scheme for Programme Makers and Special Events earlier this year. Government is awaiting Ofcom’s assessment of responses to that consultation, with a final decision on the Help scheme yet to be taken.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 108230 question first answered 25/10/2017 10:07:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

772079

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Broadcasting: Radio Frequencies
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 discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on the non-equipment costs to businesses in the Programme Making and Special Events sector as a result of the clearance of the 700 MHz band.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	108230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Ofcom consulted on a Help Scheme for Programme Makers and Special Events earlier this year. Government is awaiting Ofcom’s assessment of responses to that consultation, with a final decision on the Help scheme yet to be taken.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 108229 question first answered 25/10/2017 10:07:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

772081

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Radio Frequencies
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 assessment her Department has made of the effect on the live entertainment sector in terms of production value and economic cost as a result of the decision to clear the 700 MHz radio spectrum band.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	108233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of the Programme Makers and Special Events industry to the entertainment sector and the wider UK economy. We will be providing Government funded support to the PMSE industry through the 700MHz spectrum clearance programme, aimed at mitigating the impacts on the industry and enabling them to continue to provide high quality services to the entertainment industry after spectrum clearance.</p><p> </p><p>Following Ofcom advice to Government, Ofcom consulted on a Help Scheme to provide support to the industry. We are awaiting Ofcom’s assessment of responses to this consultation and a decision on the level of support will be made once this has been taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>To further mitigate impacts on the industry, and provide the possibility for future growth, Ofcom has also decided to allocate frequencies in the 960-1164MHz band for PMSE.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 108228 108356 question first answered 25/10/2017 15:04:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

772082

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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, which parts of the UK have the (a) fastest and (b) slowest broadband speeds.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	108354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on broadband speed as a constituency average. Currently in the hon member's constituency, according to Thinkbroadband, 94.3% of premises have access to Superfast coverage.</p><p>Information on Superfast coverage is available from third party sites like Think Broadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/uk).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 25/10/2017 10:01:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

772083

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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, how the Government holds to account broadband providers that fail to meet their agreed commitments.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	108355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>We are supporting investment in superfast and basic broadband through the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) Programme. BDUK has a comprehensive project assurance system in place and Government funding is only committed when a contract is fit for purpose. All contracts are proactively managed through the BDUK Programme and, if necessary, robust contractual mechanisms can be applied if contractual commitments are not met.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 25/10/2017 10:03:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

772086

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Gaming Machines: Glasgow East
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 she will make an estimate of the amount spent each year on fixed-odds betting terminals in Glasgow East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	108095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Neither the Department nor the Gambling Commission hold information concerning the number of Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals and, therefore spend in individual constituencies.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 25/10/2017 11:27:18 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

772087

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Food: Marketing
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 assessment her Department has made of the effect on children's health of restricting the marketing of high in fat, salt or sugar foods before the 9pm watershed.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	108086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Current advertising restrictions in the UK on high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) products are among the toughest in the world. Strict new rules came into effect on 1 July banning the advertising of HFSS food or drink products in children’s media. These restrictions apply across all non-broadcast media including in print, cinema, online and in social media.</p><p> </p><p>In August we announced £5 million investment to fund a national institute for obesity research policy unit to provide a robust evidence base and deeper understanding of the causes of childhood obesity, including marketing to children and families. The unit’s findings will be fed into the department's future policy development and engagement.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 107438 107444 question first answered 19/10/2017 12:10:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

771331

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Tourism Industry Emergency Response Group met over the last year.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Tourism Industry Emergency Response (TIER) has been active through all the terror attacks over the past few months, including convening four meetings since the first attack in March.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/10/2017 09:38:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

771429

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Public Libraries: Closures
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 13 October 2017 to Question 106052, when the complete figures for the numbers of library closures for the last 12 months will be available; and if she will publish the data her Department holds on the numbers of libraries in each constituency in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	107956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport does not collect or publish data on the number of public library closures in each Parliamentary constituency. Data relating to public libraries is collected from local authorities by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy which makes available the data annually to subscribers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/10/2017 08:37:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

771430

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Cultural Heritage: Security
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 financial assistance is available to cultural institutions which have incurred extra security costs resulting from recent acts of terrorism in London.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	107960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to PQ 106697.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 107945 question first answered 19/10/2017 09:15:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest