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89521

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average (a) download and (b) upload speed in (i) the UK, (ii) the South East, (iii) Berkshire and (iv) Windsor constituency was on the latest date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	207534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom’s October 2013 Infrastructure Report reported that download modem sync speeds in May 2013 were 17.7Mbit/s for the UK, 17.6Mbit/s for South East England, 19.2Mbit/s for Berkshire, and 18.5Mbit/s for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Average upload speeds were not published in the infrastructure report. However in Ofcom’s UK fixed-line broadband performance report for November 2013 reported an average actual upload speed of 2.3Mbit/s for UK residential fixed-line broadband connections, but they did not publish a geographic breakdown.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 13:10:49 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

65118

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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
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 superfast broadband to be fully rolled out in (a) England and (b) Central Bedfordshire.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	904622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>90% of the UK, including Central Bedfordshire will be able to receive superfast broadband by early 2016, rising to 95% by 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/07/2014 12:31:06 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

76624

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on the rollout of (1) basic broadband, (2) superfast broadband, and (3) mobile coverage, in rural areas; and what assessment they have made of the impact of those technologies on the rural economy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
uin	HL966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Ofcom 2013 UK communications market report and infrastructure update report that broadband was available to 100% of UK premises, whilst 8% of connections were operating at less than 2mbps; that was down from 11% of connections in 2009.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of summer 2014, 1 million new premises will have superfast broadband available for the first time as a result of our superfast broadband programme and 4 million additional premises will have superfast broadband available to them from the current projects; that will mean 90% of UK premises will be able to access superfast services. The second round of projects will add over 1 million more premises, taking coverage to 95% across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to the impact of the broadband programme, an independent Broadband Impact Study by analysts SQW (with Cambridge Econometrics), revealed the Government's investment in superfast broadband is expected to deliver a major boost to the UK economy; for every £1 the government is investing in broadband, the UK economy could benefit by up to £20 by 2024. It also demonstrated that the benefits will be shared across the UK, helping the rebalancing of our economy; approximately 89 per cent of the benefits will be in areas outside London and the South East of England with rural areas set to benefit most.</p><p> </p><p>The report focussed on impacts of mass market broadband services – i.e. ‘affordable broadband' for SMEs and households – and estimated that by 2024, net annual GVA impacts attributable to intervention include:</p><p> </p><p>· £0.8 billion from safeguarding local enterprise employment,</p><p>· £5 billion from productivity growth for broadband-using firms,</p><p>· £0.3 billion from improved teleworker productivity, and</p><p>· £0.2 billion from increased labour force participation.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of these benefits will be to SMEs, and over half to rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to mobile coverage the 4G rollout will ensure we continue to have some of the best mobile broadband services in Europe. As a result of the 4G auction in 2012, O2 has an obligation to provide indoor 4G coverage to 98% of the UK population and to at least 95% in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland by the end of 2017. The other three UK mobile network operators have publicly committed to match O2's coverage obligation by the end of 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/07/2014 13:16:56 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

76623

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the proposal to deploy smart meters requiring wifi in homes, what progress has been made with the rollout of broadband.
tabling member printed	Baroness Neville-Rolfe
uin	HL965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2014 answer text <p>There is no direct link between the smart meter programme and the superfast broadband rollout programme, because the smart meters programme will not be using fixed broadband connections (they will instead involve transfer of small amounts of data over wireless technologies). However, i can confirm that the Government broadband programme is making good progress with over 600,000 new premises now having superfast broadband available for the first time as a result of the Government’s investment and that will rise to over 1 million by the end of Summer 2014.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 11/08/2014 12:02:45 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe

90822

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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
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 on the Broadband Delivery UK programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	208407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s superfast broadband programme has made available superfast broadband to over one million premises and, with roll-out out progressing rapidly at 40,000 premises passed per week, the programme is on target to extend superfast coverage to 90% of premises by early 2016 and to 95% by December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/09/2014 09:02:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

92480

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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
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 has been spent on advertising or advertising agencies for the Super Connected Cities project; and whether that spending is in addition to or separate from the £150 million project budget.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p><em>We are advertising the Broadband Connection Voucher scheme in order to ensure as many small and medium sized businesses as possible can benefit from up to £3k to help with the costs of getting superfast broadband. To the end of September we have spent £234k on advertising. This spending is part of the £150million project budget.</em></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/10/2014 14:24:10 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 22156 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92479

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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
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 of the Super Connected Cities Programme budget has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p><em>To the end of September 2014 £20.17m has been spent from the £150m Super Connected Cities budget, which includes budget transfers to the devolved administrations of Scotland and Northern Ireland.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/10/2014 16:34:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92484

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of junction boxes that will need to be installed for superfast broadband to be rolled out to 95 per cent of premises.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p><em>The Government’s target for superfast broadband for 95% of UK premises by 2017. It is for suppliers to determine the optimal design of their network to deliver the target. The number of structures (cabinets) built is commercially sensitive information under the terms of the contracts and therefore not available for publication. </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 209843 question first answered 17/10/2014 14:31:50 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

92483

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many junction boxes (a) have been and (b) will be installed under BT's Broadband Delivery UK rollout programme.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	209843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p><em>The Government’s target for superfast broadband for 95% of UK premises by 2017. It is for suppliers to determine the optimal design of their network to deliver the target. The number of structures (cabinets) built is commercially sensitive information under the terms of the contracts and therefore not available for publication. </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 209844 question first answered 17/10/2014 14:31:50 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

62590

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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
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 paragraph 18 of Investing in Britain's Future, Cm 8669, produced in June 2013, how he intends to spend the £250 million allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	201331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>With local match funding, the £250m allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17 will enable superfast broadband coverage to be extended to 95% of premises by 2017. The Department announced indicative funding allocations for local broadband project areas in February 2014. The first procurements for projects using this funding are now under way.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 25/06/2014 13:31:41 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman