Written questions

663 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

4G/TV Co-existence Oversight Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what work the 4G/TV Coexistence Oversight Board has undertaken since its inception.

8 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting: Television

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local television stations were created between May 2010 and May 2015; and if he will make a statement.

8 Jul 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to publish the document entitled Research and analysis: research and innovation organisations: functions and policy analysis; and for what reason that document wa

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Lotteries: Exemptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will introduce the Exempt Lotteries Legislative Reform Order in 2015.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of internet customers have made an active choice on filters.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Radio Frequencies: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much spectrum below 5GHz has been released since 2010.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Trust: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the letter he sent to the BBC Trust on 3 July 2015.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he is making on steps to ensure that internet service providers are (a) meeting commitments to deliver unavoidable choice to parents on setting network level filters at home, (b) pr

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Governing Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of members of national sports governing bodies are women.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish all correspondence he has had with the BBC on the agreement announced on 6 July 2015 that the BBC will fund the provision of television licences for those aged over 75.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a financial assessment of the effect on the public purse and the BBC agreement announced on 6 July 2015 that the BBC will fund the provision of TV Licences for those age over 7

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the full text of the agreement he reached with the BBC that the BBC will fund the provision of TV Licences for those age over 75, announced on 6 July 2015.

7 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Television Licences: Older People

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a financial assessment of the effect on the public purse and the BBC agreement announced on 6 July 2015 that the BBC will fund the provision of TV Licences for those age over 75.

7 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Television Licences: Older People

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish all correspondence he has had with the BBC on the agreement announced on 6 July 2015 that the BBC will fund the provision of TV licences for over-75s.

7 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Television Licences: Older People

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the full text of the agreement reached with the BBC that the BBC will fund the provision of TV Licences for those age over 75, announced on 6 July 2015.

2 Jul 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Judicial Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he plans to take in response to the High Court ruling in the judicial review case against the Government brought by UK Music and others.

1 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3327, on public libraries: wifi, for what reasons it is impractical to place his current list in the Library.

1 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3288, for what reasons he is not able to estimate the cost of collecting information on the number of volunteer-run libraries.

1 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cultural Heritage: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2015 to Question 3292 on creating a cultural protection fund, which key cultural organisations agree that this measure is needed.

1 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby World Cup: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average price of a ticket for the 2015 Rugby World Cup bought from the secondary market.

1 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Rugby World Cup: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of tickets for the 2015 Rugby World Cup available on the secondary market.

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the terms of reference of the Earn or Learn implementation taskforce, how many of the two million new jobs and three million new apprenticeships he plans will be created in the

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Legislation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to introduce a Major Events Bill in this Parliament.

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

FIFA

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the article written for the Huffington Post blog on 30 May 2015 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, if he will publish the letters she

19 Jun 2015 · Prime Minister

Task Forces

To ask the Prime Minister, when the (a) Earn or Learn and (b) Digital infrastructure and inclusion implementation taskforces will meet; who will participate in those meetings; when minutes of these meetings will be published; whether those minutes will li

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local press

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local and regional newspapers there were in each of the last five years; whether he has estimated the (a) numbers of such newspapers in any future years and (b) trends in that number; an

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 215 to Question 614, whether the £7.4 million being made available to help all public libraries to install wi-fi is only for the capital cost of installation; wha

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value is of arts assets in the vaults of the museums and galleries which receive grant-in-aid.

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Royal Charters

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent officials are working on Charter Renewal.

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Annual Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his Department's Annual Report and Accounts.

Source: official written-questions record.