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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

77055

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	Procurement
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 contracts (a) let since 2010 and (b) about to be let by his Department and its agencies are worth (i) between £1 million and £3 million and (ii) over £3 million; how much has been spent on monitoring each contract let by his Department since 2010; and how many officials in his Department monitor each contract let since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	205198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Department has let 5 contracts between £1 million and £3million. These have been for:</p><p> </p><p>• Legal services in respect of Rural Broadband</p><p>• Legal services in respect of the Mobile Infrastructure Project</p><p>• 3 contracts to test the feasibility of rolling out superfast broadband to the hardest to reach areas;</p><p> </p><p>It has also let 4 contracts since 2010 that have been over £3 million. These are:</p><p> </p><p>1. Mobile Infrastructure Project</p><p>2. Taking Part Survey</p><p>3. Contingent Labour</p><p> </p><p>4. In addition, the Department holds the contract for the Broadband Delivery Framework under which the Devolved Administrations and local authorities have contracted to provide superfast broadband as part of the Government’s programme to reach 90% of the UK by early 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also about to let 1 contract over £3 million for Ceremonial Event Management Services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold any contract information on contracts let by its agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the amounts spent on monitoring each contract and could only provide it at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the number of officials monitoring contracts, Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) is responsible for the Government’s Superfast Broadband Rollout (Rural) Programme to provide superfast broadband to 90% of premises and to universal standard broadband to all by 2016. £1.2m of public funding is being invested in 44 separate local contracts to roll out Phase 1 of this programme; plus £150m in multiple local contracts in 22 cities as part of the Super Connected Cities Programme to provide free wifi in public buildings, transport networks and public spaces and help small business connect to superfast broadband; and the £150m Mobile Infrastructure Project contract to enhance mobile connectivity in areas with no coverage. BDUK has around 90 staff, many of whom are involved in monitoring delivery of these programmes and contracts.</p><p> </p><p>There are approximately 4.5 officials monitoring the other contracts listed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 22/07/2014 13:19:12 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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

77061

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	4G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department is monitoring the roll-out of 4G telephone coverage; and who is conducting that monitoring.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	205122
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. We expect the 4G rollout to be the fastest and most complete rollout in the EU, and this will ensure the UK continues to have some of the best mobile services in Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:17:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

77062

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 Libraries
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 estimate the total number of books currently held in public libraries.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	205012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The annual public library statistics compiled by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy based on information provided by the individual library authorities indicates that the total book stock for public libraries in England at 31 March 2013 was 72.4 million.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/07/2014 12:21:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

77258

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	Gambling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they have undertaken to quantify the costs of following the regulatory process for businesses applying for a United Kingdom gambling licence; and what assessment they have made of its impact on the competitiveness of new entrants to the online gambling sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Mancroft
uin	HL992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Gambling Commission is responsible for ensuring that the costs of applying for a Commission licence, and the regulatory burden of complying with it, are the minimum necessary to ensure compatibility with the licensing objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission keeps its licensing arrangements and licence conditions and codes (LCCP) under review. Recently it consulted on improved licensing processes for moving to an online licence application process, and introducing a multi-jurisdictional form to reduce the costs for applicants applying for licences in more than one jurisdiction.</p><p> </p><p>In advance of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 coming into force on 1<sup>st</sup> October, the Commission has been working with operators and overseas regulators to avoid duplication and undue regulatory burden wherever possible – for example, minimising the need for operators to duplicate material or assurances that can be obtained from an operator's host nation regulator. These consultations have enabled the Commission to take into account the impact on the relative attractiveness of operating legally in a regulated market compared to the risks of operating illegally.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL993 HL994 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:20:10 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1833 label Biography information for Lord Mancroft