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536120

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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	Museums and Galleries: Finance
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 26 May 2016 to Question 37452, if she will commission detailed monitoring of the effect of local authority funding reductions on local authority museum and gallery (a) opening hours, (b) staffing, (c) specific activities and (d) closures.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	42589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>Arts Council England is gathering data on the effects of changes to local authority funding.</p><p> </p><p>This Department is also undertaking a Museums Review of the whole museums sector, as announced in the recent Culture White Paper. The Review will be looking at a range of challenges facing the sector and will include museums in receipt of funding from local authorities as well as those which are independent from public funding.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/07/2016 16:56:45 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

536239

registered interest
date	13/07/2016
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: Liverpool City Region
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 businesses in (a) Liverpool, Wavertree constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region do not have access to high speed broadband.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	42738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>There is a substantial commitment by national government for superfast broadband rollout and £5.46 million of central government funding has been allocated to the Merseyside Connected project. This has led to 39,216 additional homes and businesses now being able to access superfast broadband as a result of the local project, with the aim to have 42,204 additional premises by the end of the project. This will bring superfast coverage in Merseyside to 99% of premises.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data specifically for businesses. The table below shows estimates of the number of premises (both residential and business) without access to superfast broadband in all of the Merseyside and Liverpool City Region constituencies.</p><blockquote><p><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Constituency</p></td><td><p>Number of Premises</p></td><td><p>Premises Without Access To Superfast Broadband</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birkenhead</p></td><td><p>44,111</p></td><td><p>458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bootle</p></td><td><p>47,396</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Garston and Halewood</p></td><td><p>45,355</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>44,739</p></td><td><p>1,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>48,681</p></td><td><p>596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Riverside</p></td><td><p>54,717</p></td><td><p>9,022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Walton</p></td><td><p>43,483</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Wavertree</p></td><td><p>41,345</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, West Derby</p></td><td><p>40,579</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton Central</p></td><td><p>37,979</p></td><td><p>792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southport</p></td><td><p>43,576</p></td><td><p>1,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens North</p></td><td><p>45,188</p></td><td><p>1503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens South and Whiston</p></td><td><p>49,194</p></td><td><p>2,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallasey</p></td><td><p>42,239</p></td><td><p>562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral South</p></td><td><p>33,425</p></td><td><p>760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral West</p></td><td><p>32,212</p></td><td><p>816</p></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/07/2016 16:57:40 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

535505

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
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	Food: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the feasibility of banning the advertising of junk food before the 9pm watershed; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	42483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government's Childhood Obesity Strategy, will look at everything that contributes to a child becoming overweight and obese. It will set out what more can be done by all. We cannot comment on the contents of the strategy at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/07/2016 16:58:47 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

535177

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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: Liverpool City Region
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 has taken to improve mobile telephone coverage in the Liverpool City Region.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	42417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Improving mobile coverage remains a priority for the Government, and our landmark agreement in December 2014 with the four mobile network operators (MNOs) for each to provide voice and SMS text coverage to at least 90% of the UK landmass by 2017 will significantly improve coverage in the UK, including the Liverpool City Region. The additional licence obligation on Telefonica, which the other MNOs have publicly stated they will match, will deliver significant improvements in 4G coverage - covering 98% of UK premises by the end of 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In support of this work, the Government is also reforming mobile planning laws (in England only) and the Electronic Communications Code to make it cheaper and quicker for industry to invest and deliver coverage improvements.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2016 09:22:12 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

535189

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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	Art Works: Redcar and Cleveland
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 works of art from public collections were loaned to institutions in Redcar and Cleveland in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information about loans made from public collections. The national museums and galleries have responsibility for their specific loan arrangements and information about their loans is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All Government funded museums and galleries are encouraged to loan works from their collections to institutions across the UK.Sponsored National Museums actively support and partner regional museums, which includes touring and large scale loans. In 2014/15 the national museums and galleries loaned items to 1,629 venues, including regional museums and historic houses.</p><p> </p><p>A new tax relief for museums and galleries will be introduced from 1 April 2017 to encourage them to develop creative new exhibitions and display their collections across the country. The relief will be available on qualifying costs for temporary and touring exhibitions.</p><p> </p><p>An independent report by Lord Heseltine, published in June, makes recommendations to further develop the Tees Valley area. The report called Tees Valley: Opportunity Unlimited has strong arts and cultural content and says the area hosts public art of national significance. The report also highlights the strengths of museums and galleries in the region, which include the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MiMA), the MOD funded Museum of the Royal Navy’s HMS Trincomalee in Hartlepool, the &quot;Head of Steam&quot; Railway Museum in Darlington and the Science Museum Group’s Locomotion branch at Shildon near Darlington.</p><p> </p><p>MiMa is a Tate Plus partner and has strong links with Tate Modern. It receives funding from Arts Council England as a Visual Arts Gallery. The Government is also funding £500k towards the development of a new Captain Cook exhibition resource at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum in Middlesbrough.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/07/2016 08:05:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

535192

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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	Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if Sport England will take steps to ensure that children's fitness and activity levels do not decline from their term-time levels in the summer holidays.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	42423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>We want to ensure that all children, regardless of background, ability or where they live, are able to engage in sport and physical activity in a way that interests and benefits them. Through the Government's sports strategy Sporting Future, published in December 2015, Sport England will now invest in sporting provision for children aged five and over - previously the starting age was 14 years old.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Sport England's new strategy, Towards an Active Nation, published in May 2016, sets out their plans to make a major new investment of £40 million into projects which offer new opportunities for families with children to get active and play sport together. Sport England will continue to work with organisations across the sport sector as it implements its strategy.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 18/07/2016 14:28:11 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

535193

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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: Cabinet Office EU Unit
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 full-time equivalent staff of his Department (a) have moved and (b) are planned to move into the EU Unit.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	42454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text A new Europe unit is being set up in Whitehall, bringing together officials and policy expertise from across government. This unit will be led by and staffed by the best and brightest from across the civil service, including DCMS.<p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2016 09:20:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

533853

registered interest
date	08/07/2016
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	Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
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 the heritage and archaeological communities on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on those communities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	42273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue working to deliver the Government agenda.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/07/2016 07:41:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

533570

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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 Gloucestershire
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 provide details of what additional (a) support and (b) resources his Department is providing to assist South Gloucestershire Council in meeting its universal broadband obligations.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	42165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has implemented a basic broadband scheme to enable all premises to gain access to speeds of at least 2Mbps. This enables residents to gain access to every Government service available online. Funding for subsidised connections through the scheme is provided by Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) as part of the government's superfast broadband programme. Consumers in eligible premises can access services from any of the suppliers who have been entered onto the scheme by BDUK.</p><p /> <p>In addition it is the Government's intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation. This will give people the legal right to request a broadband connection, no matter where they live, by the end of this Parliament. Our ambition is that this should initially be set at 10 Mbps.<br></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/07/2016 09:23:57 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

533571

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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, when his Department plans to commence the Triennial Review of Sales and Prizes.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	42170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>As previously stated in the House of Commons, Government is reviewing the situation and I hope to announce details of a review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2016 15:01:21 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias