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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

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

226613

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 legislative proposals to prevent betting operators receiving licences for two betting shops which share the same premises; what discussions he has had on this issue with (a) representatives of local licensing authorities, (b) the betting industry and (c) the Gambling Commission; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	227369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>​ ​The law already stipulates that no more than one betting premises licence may be in effect for any premises at the same time. Local licensing authorities need to ensure that when they grant premises licences, they do so only for genuinely separate premises. The Gambling Commission’s statutory guidance to licensing authorities gives clear advice to licensing authorities on how to carry out this function.</p><p>Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website and are available at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;%20publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D%20=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D%20=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;%20publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D%20=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-for-culture-media-sport&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D%20=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date</a></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 16/03/2015 16:12:49 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

226614

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	Football
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 the expert working group on supporter ownership and engagement in football to publish its findings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	227370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>I expect to receive a summary of the Expert Group's initial recommendations before the end of this Parliament, with a full report planned to be published in November.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 16/03/2015 15:59:43 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

226811

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	Christianity: Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Garden of Frognal on 10 March (HL5444), whether the guidance found within the document she has cited, and which runs to more than 60,000 words, includes, or is intended to include, any effective measures relevant to protecting the rights and sensitivities of Christians: and if so, where in that document it might be found.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL5607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission is very aware of concerns about freedom to hold and express religious beliefs and the guidance it produces does specifically cover these issues: for example in guidance about employment which can be found at <a href="http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/private-and-public-sector-guidance/employing-people/religion-or-belief-guidance-employers" target="_blank">http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/private-and-public-sector-guidance/employing-people/religion-or-belief-guidance-employers</a> . The EHRC recently completed a public consultation on this subject, which was its largest ever, and following that will be issuing further guidance and a report on the adequacy of the laws protecting religion or belief, to be issued later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Garden of Frognal question first answered 23/03/2015 15:22:49 answering member 3842 label Biography information for Baroness Garden of Frognal
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

226242

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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	Gaming Machines
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 potential effects of the Gaming Machine (Circumstances of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I., 2015, No. 121) on (a) gambling addiction levels, (b) the total amount of money staked and (c) the profits of bookmakers and fixed odds betting terminal providers.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	227053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Gaming Machine (Circumstances of Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I., 2015 No. 121) were laid alongside an Impact Assessment carried out by DCMS (<a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/69/pdfs/ukia_20150069_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/69/pdfs/ukia_20150069_en.pdf</a>). In assessing the potential impact, the Impact Assessment took into account problem gambling levels as measured by Health Surveys for England and Scotland, the potential impact on staking behaviour and the profits of bookmakers.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 16/03/2015 16:20:54 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

225137

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Gaming Machines
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 assessment he has made of the social risks associated with fixed odds betting terminals; and if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the maximum stake on such terminals.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	226382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>In December 2014 ​the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) published a package of research which looked at potential markers of harm in gaming machine play (including FOBTs). I have encouraged the bookmaking industry to take on board and respond to the findings of this research.</p><p>New Regulations come into force on 6 April 2015 which will end unsupervised high stake gambling on FOBTs.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 10/03/2015 15:07:21 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

224661

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the amount (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on procurement was paid to small and medium-sized enterprises (i) directly and (ii) through the supply chain in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>On 25 February the Government published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> departmental spend data with SMEs, directly and through the supply chain, for 2013-4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/central-government-spend-with-smes-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data shows that for 2013-14, 26.1% of government business went to SMEs, exceeding our aspiration of 25%.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 10/03/2015 16:33:03 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna