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386939

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	Business: Mobile Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the relative benefits to businesses of access to (a) 2G, (b) 3G and (c) 4G mobile coverage.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Albert Owen
uin	5125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>No such specific analysis has been done but the Government commissioned research by RAND to assess the value of the provision of mobile coverage in not-spot areas. It noted that there were perceived economic benefits associated with mobile coverage and the value of this varied with the size of business in question. The findings can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/412201/Mobile_network_not_spots_final_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/412201/Mobile_network_not_spots_final_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Ofcom’s 2014 Infrastructure Report also noted that mobile communication is vital to businesses and that 79% of small and medium-sized enterprises now use mobile phones.</p><p> </p><p>Improving mobile coverage is a priority for the Government it secured a landmark agreement in December 2014 with the four mobile network operators (MNOs) to provide voice and SMS text coverage to at least 90% of the UK landmass by 2017. As a result of this legally binding obligation we also expect data coverage to improve. Furthermore, Telefonica has a licence obligation to deliver indoor 4G coverage to 98% of premises in the UK by 2017. Other MNOs have indicated that they will match this commitment. Taken together these obligations will be significantly improve coverage in the UK to benefit businesses and the digital economy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 5122 question first answered 29/07/2015 15:38:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1474 label Biography information for Albert Owen

386940

registered interest
date	01/07/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the benefits to businesses of availability of superfast broadband across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Albert Owen
uin	5126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Broadband Impact Study - Impact Report<em> (November 2013)</em>, an expert report by analysts SQW (with Cambridge Econometrics), estimated that the availability and take-up of faster broadband speeds since 2008 will add about £17 billion to the UK’s annual Gross Value Added (GVA) by 2024. This level of uplift contributes an average of 0.07 percentage points to real annual GVA growth over this period. It also demonstrated that the benefits will be shared across the UK, helping the rebalancing of our economy.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 5124 question first answered 28/07/2015 16:24:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1474 label Biography information for Albert Owen

386454

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Midlands
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the BBC regarding its levels of investment in the Midlands.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. However these very issues were discussed by the Minister for Culture in a Westminster Hall debate on 23 June this year. The Secretary of State will be announcing the process for Charter Review in due course, but the level of investment in the Midlands or elsewhere is ultimately a matter for the BBC.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL950 question first answered 13/07/2015 15:04:26 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

386455

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Birmingham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the BBC about the reduction in programme-making at the Mailbox in Birmingham.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. However these very issues were discussed by the Minister for Culture in a Westminster Hall debate on 23 June this year. The Secretary of State will be announcing the process for Charter Review in due course, but the level of investment in the Midlands or elsewhere is ultimately a matter for the BBC.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL949 question first answered 13/07/2015 15:04:26 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

386543

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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, what recent meetings he has had to discuss the role of local authorities in the future of grassroots football.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	5006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>On 7<sup>th</sup> July I met with Councillor Stephens from the Local Government Association and I am always open to engaging with local authority representatives on this important subject. Local authorities have a very important role in ensuring people from all backgrounds are able to participate in sport. They own or manage a large amount of sporting infrastructure in the country and have a responsibility to make sure that facilities and infrastructure are available and accessible. The Government, through Sport England, works closely with a wide range of local authorities, providing expert advice and funding to sustain and increase the number of people playing sport regularly.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 28/07/2015 14:12:18 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

386566

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments
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 place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	4961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies April 2012, Government Departments are required to publicise successful appointments.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2015 08:50:27 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

386567

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Press
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	5031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department purchases the following newspapers each week:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Sun M-F x 3</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Times M-F x 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Times M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily <del class="ministerial">Telegraph</del> <ins class="ministerial">Telegraph</ins> M-F X 4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guardian M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mail M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mirror M-F X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Racing Post M-F X1</p><p>Racing Post Saturday X 1</p><p>Racing Post Sunday X 1</p><p>Guardian Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Times Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent-Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mail Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sun Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Times Saturday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mirror Sat X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Tele<ins class="ministerial">graph</ins> Saturday X 1</p><p>Sunday Times X 1</p><p>Sunday Telegraph X 1</p><p>Independent on Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Observer X 1</p><p>Mail On Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday Express X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday Mirror X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sun On Sunday X 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spectator X 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Statesman X 1</p><p>Arts Review X 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The total amount spent on newspapers for Financial Year 2014-15 was £9659.16</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 28/07/2015 16:22:33 question first ministerially corrected 30/07/2015 15:14:35 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 18740 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

386568

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Sports: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department or its agencies have provided for facilities for (a) wheelchair basketball, (b) blind cricket, (c) deaf cricket, (d) wheelchair tennis, (e) wheelchair rugby and (f) wheelchair football since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Worcester
tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
uin	4829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Government remains committed to supporting disabled people to realise their potential in sport. Since 2012 Sport England has made disability sport a key focus of its strategy and the National Governing Bodies of Sport have specific targets for increasing the number of people with disabilities who play their sport. Sport England is currently investing over £171 million to make sport a practical and attractive lifestyle choice for disabled people and to get more disabled people playing sport.</p><p><strong>Table A:</strong> Investment in disability sport-specific facilities</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sport</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sport England investment in disability sport-specific facilities since 2012</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair basketball</p></td><td><p>£79,314*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blind cricket and deaf cricket</p></td><td><p>£241,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair tennis</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair rugby</p></td><td><p>£228,968</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wheelchair football</p></td><td><p>£179,114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Includes £30,000 award to GB Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA) in 2013 for new wheelchairs</p><p> </p><p>Please note that the figures in Table A only includes awards for projects which have a stated disability sport focus. Facilities like sports halls can be used for disability sports like the ones listed in Table A. Since 2012, Sport England has invested £39.8 million in 58 such sports hall projects.</p><p> </p><p>As part of GBWBA’s Whole Sport Plan investment for 2013-17, Sport England invested £154,833 in the University of Worcester Disabled Athlete Accommodation project. Across Sport England’s National Centres for Sport, at least 20 per cent of accommodation provided has been designed specifically with disability access requirements in mind.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sport England is also investing £26,000 in a research project in partnership with GBWBA to look at ways to increase the quality of surfaces used for wheelchair sports.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/07/2015 16:58:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

386569

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Boxing
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 take steps to encourage take-up of amateur boxing.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	4740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government through Sport England is investing £5.8 million in England Boxing between 2013-17 to get more people boxing regularly and to support talented young boxers.</p><p>In addition, since 2010, Sport England has invested around £7.8 million of National Lottery money in 142 boxing projects across the country.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 08/07/2015 14:40:16 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

386570

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Telephone Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidelines his Department has issued on charging for entry into television and radio competitions by use of premium text, phone line or other means to ensure that such competitions are fair and honest; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	4760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>On 1 July Ofcom introduced a new system affecting telephone charging for service numbers commencing -084, -087, -09 and -118. The changes are intended to make the cost of using these services clearer and companies running competitions using such numbers will need to comply. In addition, freephone numbers commencing -0800 or -0808 will be made free for consumers to call from mobiles. Ofcom’s new system is called ‘UK Calling’ and guidance for consumers and businesses can be accessed via the website:<a href="http://www.ukcalling.info/" target="_blank">http://www.ukcalling.info/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/07/2015 15:23:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight