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77553

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made in upgrading fibre-optic broadband infrastructure in (a) Copeland and (b) other rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	205697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Cumbria project will deliver Superfast broadband to nearly 110,000 premises in Cumbria by March 2015. The local broadband project team provide information about the roll-out timetable, including a post code checker on the local authority web site, which can be found at <a href="http://www.connectingcumbria.org.uk/when-and-where" target="_blank">http://www.connectingcumbria.org.uk/when-and-where</a>. With respect to the Copeland area, the local project team report that, combined with the BT Commercial roll out, it has already delivered superfast broadband to 10,500 premises to date. By June 2015, the fibre broadband roll-out will be completed and in Copeland over 90% of premises will have access to superfast broadband. To date the Connecting Cumbria project has delivered superfast broadband to nearly 40,000 and the national programme has delivered to over 600,000 premises and that number will rise to 1 million by the end of summer.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/07/2014 12:20:39 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

77361

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Arts: Primary Education
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 Taking Part Survey, what proportion of primary pupils from (a) disadvantaged backgrounds and (b) non-disadvantaged backgrounds have engaged with (i) theatre activities, (ii) music activities, (iii) dance and (iv) other arts in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	205452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Child data from the Taking Part survey for 5-10 year olds relates to <strong>out of school</strong> activity only. Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) groupings have been used as a proxy for advantaged/disadvantaged backgrounds. To enable sufficient sample size to allow for robust comparisons to be made these have been combined into the lower 5 groups and the upper 5 groups. A table detailing 5-10 year olds out of school participation in individual art forms broken down by lower and upper IMD will be placed in the libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 16/07/2014 16:16:44 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

77362

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Arts: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department has collected from the Taking Part Survey on the primary school pupils from each region who have engaged with (a) theatre activities, (b) music activities, (c) dance and (d) other arts in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	205450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>Child data from the Taking Part survey for 5-10 year olds relates to <strong>out of school</strong> activity only. A table detailing 5-10 year olds out of school participation in individual art forms broken down by region will be placed in the libraries of both Houses. It should be noted that the confidence intervals around the point estimates are large meaning that in most instances robust comparisons between regions and time periods cannot be made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 16/07/2014 16:16:06 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

77363

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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	Arts: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July, Official Report, column 143-4W on Arts: Primary Education, what data are collected by his Department as part of the Taking Part Survey.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	205449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>A copy of this data has been placed in the House of Commons Library system on 19 June (ref: DEP2014/0898).</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/07/2014 13:10:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

77039

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Public Telephones
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 received from local authorities regarding the barriers to removing telephone boxes; and if he will take steps to remove such barriers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	205015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has not received any representations from local authorities regarding barriers to removing telephone boxes.</p><p> </p><p>Under its Universal Service obligations, BT must provide public call boxes which sufficiently meet the needs of consumers. Before BT can remove the last public call box from a site (defined as any area within a walking distance of 400 metres from that public call box), it must follow the process set out in the <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/uso/statement/callboxdirection.pdf" target="_blank">Direction</a><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/uso/statement/callboxdirection.pdf" target="_blank">s</a> and <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/consultations/uso/statement/removals.pdf" target="_blank">Guidance</a> published by Ofcom. The relevant local authority must be consulted and, if it can show why a particular uneconomic payphone should be retained, it can exercise the ‘local veto'. This will result in the payphone being retained.</p><p> </p><p>Local councils can also ask BT to remove a particular box. Assuming BT agrees to the request, if there are other boxes within 400 metres, the box can be removed without consultation; if not, BT would need to follow the process above.</p><p> </p><p>These procedures ensure a process for the removal of uneconomic phone boxes, balanced with appropriate safeguards against the removal of phone boxes where they still serve a community need.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:21:17 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

77056

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when Superfast West Yorkshire will be (a) finished and (b) ready to use by businesses in Green Lane Industrial Estate, in Featherstone; and what assessment he has made of the length of time taken to complete this work.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	205110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>I am satisfied that the West Yorkshire project is on scheduled to deliver, within the agreed timetable, superfast broadband to nearly 59,000 premises in West Yorkshire by September 2015. The local broadband project team provide information about the roll-out timetable, including a post code checker on the local authority web site, which can be found at <a href="http://www.superfastwestyorkshire.co.uk/coverage" target="_blank">http://www.superfastwestyorkshire.co.uk/coverage</a>. With respect to the Green Lane Industrial Estate, my Department has been informed the local cabinet connecting that site is scheduled to be upgraded to fibre broadband by the end of September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/07/2014 12:22:09 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

77057

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the progress of the Mobile Infrastructure Project.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	205123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>I hold regular meetings with supplier Arqiva to discuss the Mobile Infrastructure Project and officials in BDUK are in constant contact with Arqiva to monitor and assess progress.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:18:20 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

77058

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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: Cambridgeshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what spot data Ofcom holds for Cambridgeshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	205124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom compile data on coverage from the mobile network operators to feed into their Infrastructure Report. In March this year Ofcom commissioned updated voice coverage data from the operators to feed into planning for the Mobile Infrastructure Project. This data covers the UK, including Cambridgeshire, and highlights areas with no coverage from any operator, or ‘not spots'. The Mobile Infrastructure Project aims to put in place infrastructure to provide coverage to as many not spots containing premises as possible.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:19:40 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

77059

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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: Cambridgeshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of mobile telephone coverage in Cambridgeshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	205125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not directly monitor mobile coverage. Ofcom undertakes monitoring of mobile coverage and ensures compliance by the mobile network operators with any coverage obligations included in their spectrum licences. Ofcom's most recent coverage figures, published in December 2013, indicate that 99.8% of premises in Cambridgeshire receive signal from at least one mobile operator, and 89.6% from all four operators.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:20:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

77060

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government will publish its response to the Law Commission's recommendations for reform of the Electronic Communications Code.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	205121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>Since the Law Commission published its report on the reform of the Electronic Communications Code in February 2013, my Department has been considering the implications of the recommendations on network rollout and service provision to consumers. In January 2014 we published an economic analysis of the impact of various wayleave valuation regimes. A copy of this report has been placed in the House of Commons library. The analysis work is ongoing and I will make public the plans to reform the Electronic Communications Code, and respond to the Law Commission's report, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:16:44 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay