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227069

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Broadband
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the date by which every house in the country, including in rural areas, will have access to superfast broadband.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL5708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to making superfast broadband available to 95% of UK premises by the end of 2017. The Government is also funding a number of pilot projects looking at alternative approaches to delivering superfast broadband beyond 95%.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 17/03/2015 12:16:26 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

227100

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Internet: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <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> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:21:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227101

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Internet: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps he has taken to implement EU regulations on net neutrality.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <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> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/03/2015 17:34:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227102

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Wind Power: 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 representations he has made to the inquiry on the proposal for the Navitus Bay offshore wind farm on the effect on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site of that proposal.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	227432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport wrote to the Planning Inspectorate in February 2015 to urge that the impact of the wind farm on the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site be taken into account in the planning process.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/03/2015 09:29:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

227103

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <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> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:01:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227105

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	BBC
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has regular discussions with BBC management on the sources from which the BBC receives external financing.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	227383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>My Right Hon Friend the Secretary of State has had no regular discussions of this kind. The BBC is operationally independent of Government and it is a duty of the BBC Trust to exercise rigorous stewardship of public money and keep the BBC’s financial needs under review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:08:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

227106

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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	Broadband: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <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> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:06:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

226554

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Broadband: South East
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 increase the availability of fibre-optic broadband to businesses in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the South East.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	227285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is almost 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by 2017.</p><p>As of June 2014, Surrey had 89% superfast broadband coverage (speeds of 24Mbps+) as stated in the Ofcom Infrastructure Report 2014. By the end of the current Superfast Surrey broadband project at the end of March 2015 there will be over 97% superfast coverage to businesses and homes in Surrey. Superfast broadband roll-out is managed at local authority level rather than regional level.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 12:34:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

226611

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Betting Shops
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 the Written Statement of 30 April 2014, Official Report, columns 53-4WS, on betting shops and gambling, when he expects local authorities to be given additional powers to restrict the clustering of betting shops; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	227367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The government consulted in summer 2014 on a range of planning measures to support our high streets, including bringing in a requirement for a planning application to be made to the local planning authority for any proposed change of use to a betting shop. An announcement on the outcome of this consultation and the next steps will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 227368 question first answered 16/03/2015 16:05:35 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

226612

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Betting Shops
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 bring forward proposals to give local authorities additional powers to restrict the clustering of betting shops in their communities and to restrict the number of fixed odds betting terminals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	227368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The government consulted in summer 2014 on a range of planning measures to support our high streets, including bringing in a requirement for a planning application to be made to the local planning authority for any proposed change of use to a betting shop. An announcement on the outcome of this consultation and the next steps will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant grouped question UIN 227367 question first answered 16/03/2015 16:05:35 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford