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Written questions

Chris Bryant

663 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 223733 on telecommunications, who made the oversight referred to in that Answer; and when and by whom that oversight was discovered.

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2015 to Question 223187, whether he plans to publish the response to the consultation before 10 May 2015.

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

US President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

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.

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Non-departmental Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223139, if he will discuss his Department's policies with the (a) Early Intervention Foundation and (b) Centre for Ageing Better.

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223128, which of his Department's programmes fund early intervention in promoting (a) reading, (b) arts participation, (c) sports participat

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2015 to Question 223017, if he will publish his Department's analysis of the geographic location of the final five per cent of premises not covered by the su

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answers of 23 February 2015 to Questions 223627 and 223628, how many vacancies there are on posts for trustees and on executive boards for which he has responsibility; and what st

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

ECORYS

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2015 to Question 223127, whether the ECORYS review will be published before 10 May 2015.

27 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the consequences for his Department's policies of the conclusions of Enriching Britain: Culture, creativity and growth, published by the University of Warwick on

27 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury

Theatre: Greater Manchester

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 222979, what recent discussions he has had with the management of The Factory on delivery plans; and what representations he has received on those plans.

27 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office

Behavioural Insights Team

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223182, who the members of the Cross-Government Behavioural Insights Network are; when that network has met; and what topics were discussed at each of those

26 Feb 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 11 February 2015 to Question 223124 and the Answer of 14 January 2015 to Question 220293, if he will estimate the total cost to the public purse of providing WiFi in tho

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cinemas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the level of cinema attendance was in each year since 2009-10; what forecast he has made of cinema attendance in each year to 2019-20; and what steps he is taking to support the cinema indus

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

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.

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Dumfries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the conclusions in the publication Digital Participation in Dumfries and Kirkcaldy published in February 2015.

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Service Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Quesiton 223684, when the consultation on the framework of regulation that governs the balance of payments between broadcasters and platforms will op

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223736, which arts programmes his Department and arms length bodies fund that aim to reduce isolation.

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223688, when and in what format his Department provided information to the National Audit Office; and if he will publish all such correspond

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223180, what the most recent (a) arts, (b) sports and (c) tourism initiatives were in which his Department used nudge policies.

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Departmental Coordination

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-Govern

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223186, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of statistics published by Public Libraries News on library closures and libraries tra

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Automation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223018, if he will assess the potential effect of increasing automation on (a) security, (b) inequality and (c) social cohesion.

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Telford

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.

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Technology: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the consequences for his policies of the conclusion of the report Technology at Work: The Future of Innovation and Employment, published in February 2015 b

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BuzzFeed

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

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) small and medium-sized enterprises based and (b) broadband connection vouchers distributed in each SuperConnected City.

26 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the Statement of Commitment between the Government and mobile network operators signed on 17 December 2014.

6 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate Ofcom has made of the proportion of (a) broadband users, (b) rural small and medium-sized enterprise broadband users, (c) mobile users and (d) television users that are dissatisfied

6 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Automation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of existing (a) jobs and (b) lower-paid and lower-skilled jobs that may be lost in the next 20 years as a result of digitisation and robotics.

6 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Automation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on digital employment of trends towards increasing automation in that sector.

Source: official written-questions record.