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224136

registered interest
date	27/02/2015
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	US President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
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 make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the work of the US President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	225695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The DCMS has no specific plans to make an assessment of the work of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. However, a report published in May 2011 by the President’s Committee on the Arts- Arts Education: Winning America’s Future Through Creative Schools was identified and reviewed as part of the independent report on cultural education that was commissioned by the Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 05/03/2015 11:04:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

223882

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	BuzzFeed
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 costs were to his Department of (a) direct payments to BuzzFeed and (b) staff time for native advertising on BuzzFeed on (i) 29 January, (ii) 9 February and (iii) 13 February 2015; from which budget this spending came from; and what account his Department took of IAB guidelines on native advertising, when placing that advertising.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	225602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has made no payments to Buzfeed and there was no cost to the Department. A member of the communications team wrote the editorial as part of their job. DCMS content on Buzzfeed is clearly marked as coming from the Department and Buzzfeed clearly state it is not paid for advertising.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 04/03/2015 11:31:07 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

223886

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Telford
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 and what proportion of the cost of his visit to Telford on 11 December 2014 was paid out of public funds.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	225604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>On the 11th December 2014, my Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State visited Telford as part of a wider regional visit to the West Midlands. In Telford he met members of the International Centre to discuss the Government's forthcoming Business Events Strategy. He was accompanied by two officials.The cost charged to the public purse was £96.17p. All other costs were borne by the Conservative Party.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 03/03/2015 16:24:23 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

223891

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Policy
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 11 February 2015 to Question 223182, if he will assess the implications for his Department's policies of participation by officials in his Department in the Cross-Government Behavioural Insights Network.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	225620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The purpose of the network is to share practice to inform future policy making and this is how membership is used by the DCMS.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 04/03/2015 15:38:14 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

223903

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	Telecommunications
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 2 February 2015 to Question 222967, whether he plans to publish his response to the Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy consultation before 10 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	225657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The consultation closed in October 2014. As stated in the update to the National Infrastructure Plan published in December 2014 we intend to publish our response to the consultation in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/03/2015 10:16:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

223748

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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: Scotland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks made by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 25 February, what proportion of the costs of meeting the target on the expansion of broadband in Scotland by the end of 2017 will be met by the Government; and how much it is expected to cost.
tabling member printed	The Duke of Montrose
uin	HL5233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Scottish Government estimate the total capital cost for the current Scotland projects under phase 1 of the Superfast Broadband Programme will be £412 million. The UK Government is contributing nearly £101 million, the Scottish Government will contribute nearly £63 million, Scottish local authorities will contribute over £102 million and the European Union over £20 million towards the total. The balance of just over £126 million is expected to be contributed by the supplier BT.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government has allocated a further £21 million for phase 2 delivery within Scotland. This funding is subject to procurement and confirmation of local match funding.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 09/03/2015 16:43:18 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	1922 label Biography information for The Duke of Montrose

222899

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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: Wales
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 fibre broadband hub stations there are in each local government area in Wales; how many such hubs are live; and what the expected roll-out date is for each station.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	224961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Superfast broadband coverage in Wales has now reached over 1 million premises, over two-thirds of the total in Wales. 345,000 premises have gained coverage as a result of the Superfast Cymru broadband programme which has funding from the UK government, Welsh Government and European funds.</p><p> </p><p>The contract for Superfast Cymru is not based on delivery of cabinet or exchange upgrades, but instead requires target numbers of premises able to access superfast broadband. A list of exchanges and deployment status by local authority area is available on the Superfast Cymru website: <a href="http://www.superfast-cymru.com/where-and-when" target="_blank">http://www.superfast-cymru.com/where-and-when</a></p><p><br>Openreach publishes a list of exchanges accepting orders which can be searched at: <a href="https://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/" target="_blank">https://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 27/02/2015 11:24:51 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	533 label Biography information for Lord Hanson of Flint

222388

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 Operator Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on simplification and clarification of tariffs charged by private providers for directory inquiries; and what information his Department holds on whether mobile telephone inquirers have been overcharged by directory inquiry providers.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	224844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>I meet regularly with Ofcom to discuss a variety of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom is concerned about unclear telephone charges and is introducing rules which make the cost of calling 118 numbers clearer for telephone users.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under changes coming into effect this summer, both telecoms and 118 service providers will have to be clear on what they each charge for 118 calls. The costs of calls will be split out into an access charge and a service charge so consumers can compare costs for calling different 118 services – and see where their money is going.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/02/2015 08:36:09 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

222456

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Please find the information in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total value of contracts with private sector providers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£29,719,889.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£24,872,636.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£32,061,107.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£40,112,015.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£30,847,866.30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/02/2015 17:43:49 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

179261

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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: Rural Areas
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 has been made on the provision of superfast broadband to rural businesses in all parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	224292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>In 2010 nearly half of UK premises could access superfast broadband. Current superfast broadband coverage is almost 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage by 2017. This will benefit rural businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BDUK works with local authorities and the devolved administrations to determine how funding for broadband projects is deployed and where the roll out of superfast broadband is carried out.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/02/2015 15:18:39 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson