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63490

registered interest
date	24/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which geographical areas the roll-out programme for smart meters will extend; and when their programme will happen in each area.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	202159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>In Great Britain, we are adopting a supplier-led approach to the roll-out of smart meters. Energy suppliers are required to take ‘all reasonable steps' to install smart meters to all of their domestic and smaller non-domestic customers in Wales, England and Scotland by 2020.</p><p>There is no centralised roll-out strategy and suppliers are free to plan the roll-out in a way that suits their business and the needs of their customers, subject to the requirement to complete the roll-out by 2020. They are considering a range of factors in developing their strategies for this, such as the geographical location of their customers, the age of the current meter stock, and the extent to which they wish to respond to customer demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 30/06/2014 14:15:55 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

50524

registered interest
date	12/05/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2014, Official Report, columns 162-3W, on new businesses: Wales, which businesses have received support from the Government's Start Up Loan Scheme in the Vale of Glamorgan; and how much has been lent to each.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	198380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

50051

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
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 he has made of the implications for his Department's policies on voluntary restrictions by network providers of adult content of recent proposals from the European Parliament on a European single market for electronic communications.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	198046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We are aware that there some concerns that the European Parliament's amendments to the draft Connected Continent regulation may restrict ISPs ability to block illegal content or to filter adult content at the request of customers. The UK Government supports the aims of the Connect Continent package, but let me clear that we will not agree to any proposals that restrict the ability of parents to protect their children from inappropriate content on line. We are confident that this was not the intention of the European Parliament and we are working with EU Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament to deliver a final package that promotes an open, safe and secure internet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

49557

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 he has made of EU proposals to remove the right for network operators to block 18-plus content.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	197702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We are aware that there some concerns that the European Parliament's amendments to the draft Connected Continent regulation may restrict ISPs ability to block illegal content or to filter adult content at the request of customers. The UK Government supports the aims of the Connect Continent package, but let me clear that we will not agree to any proposals that restrict the ability of parents to protect their children from inappropriate content on line. We are confident that this was not the intention of the European Parliament and we are working with EU Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament to deliver a final package that promotes an open, safe and secure internet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48924

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits and risks of commercial mobile networks providing the emergency services communications network.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	197008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The potential benefits and risks have been considered in detail as part of the <br>Outline Business Case, which recommended this direction of travel and was <br>approved by the emergency services, lead departments and the devolved <br>governments of Wales and Scotland during March 2014. These risks and issues <br>will be updated as the Full Business Case is developed during the procurement <br>phase, which was launched on 14 April 14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 9166 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48925

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what legislative vehicles the Government plans to use to implement the proposals to streamline regulatory and competition appeals.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	197007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Ministers are considering officials' advice before deciding on the scope and extent of the proposals to be implemented. Any legislative changes we decide to make will be taken forward when Parliamentary time permits.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48926

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 he has made of the potential benefits of the introduction of unbundled fibre to the cabinet and sub-loop bundling of residential broadband provision.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	197016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>I favour competition at all levels of the telecoms system, where it is effective and sustainable. Sub-loop unbundling (SLU), where a competing provider takes their fibre to BT's street cabinets and connects to BT's copper lines to consumers' premises, is a standard product controlled by Ofcom. At present there appears to be limited demand from communications providers for SLU. There may be opportunities to increase the likelihood of future competition in fibre-to-the-cabinet by designing network upgrades to make such access easier at little or no additional cost at the time of deployment, but lower entry barriers subsequently. Ofcom is keeping the matter under review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48927

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 initiate a review of the fibre broadband wholesale pricing structure.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	197017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>On 27 January this year, Ofcom published a consultation on an update on the impact of fibre roll-out and the proposed charge control review of the wholesale broadband access (WBA) markets, following-on from its July-September 2013 consultation on the WBA market. In this context, services provided via copper, cable and fibre access networks are considered to be within the same market. The update consultation closed on 10 March.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48928

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
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 broadband coverage in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	903806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>Phase one of the superfast roll-out programme is making good progress with all 44 projects in delivery.</p><p>Two thirds of projects (29 out of 44) have live superfast cabinets making superfast broadband available to thousands of homes and businesses across the country.</p><p>We are now investing the additional £250 million to take coverage of superfast broadband to 95% of UK premises</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48406

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Start Up Loan scheme in Wales to date; what the take-up has been under this scheme to date; and how much has been lent to which businesses in each constituency in Wales in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	196696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Start-Up Loans Scheme was extended to Wales in October 2013. To date 249 loans have been committed with a value of over £1.52m.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets the number of loans made in each constituency and their value:</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Welsh constituencies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of loans</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Value of loans</em></strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£38,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£10,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£24,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£7,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£58,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£42,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£37,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£41,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>£83,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£55,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£49,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>£35,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£19,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£54,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£43,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£35,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£22,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£50,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£35,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£27,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£53,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£75,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£36,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£9,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>£77,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>£78,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£23,998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£36,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£23,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£36,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£47,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£57,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£91,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£12,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys M“n</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£47,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns