Chris Bryant

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Library Service Points open for 10 hours or more per week there were in the UK in each of the last five years.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Non-departmental Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his letter of 3 July 2013 to the Chairman of VisitBritain, which organisations funded by his Department are required to hold a five per cent contingency which at any point may n

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of broadband connections that are above 10 mbps.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of his Department's grant-in-aid funding goes to London-based institutions.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK City of Culture: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funds he has budgeted to support Hull as UK City of Culture 2017 in each financial year until 2017-18.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Publications: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled before 30 March 2015.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to accede to the Hague Convention on Protection of Cultural Property in Time of War before 7 May 2015.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on reform of the Electronic Communications Code.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what meetings the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy has had on the reform of the Electronic Communications Code since 1 January 2015; and what representations he has received

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of whether the number of library authorities is sufficient to meet the needs of public library users.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) arts and (b) sports participation for children his Department has supported since May 2010.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions Ministers and officials in his Department have had with the What Works Networks or Nudge Unit on implementing the techniques recommended by those bodies in his Department.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will promote the use of randomised controlled trials and nudge policies through his Department's agencies and NDPBs.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what factors he took into account and consultations he had with external organisations on the proposals made during negotiations with mobile network operators on improving mobile coverage across

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of statistics published by Public Libraries News on library closures and libraries transferred to volunteers.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the most recent initiative is in which his Department used nudge policies.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has used randomised controlled trials to test the effectiveness of its policies; and whether such trials have been used in the Phase 3 broadband pilots.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what work his Department has done with each of the phase 2 broadband projects to identify, in relation to the broadband rollout, (a) alternative solutions, (b) joint working and fair capital cont

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of early intervention in promoting (a) reading, (b) arts participation, (c) sports participation and (d) experiencing the arts.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local bodies spending money on major sporting and cultural events as a means of boosting growth.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the cost of each phase 2 broadband projects that have completed their procurements will be met by (a) BT, (b) BDUK and (c) the relevant local authority.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Educational Endowment Foundation on cultural education.

3 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 18 December 2014 to Question 209987, how much of the budget for the Mobile Infrastructure Project has been spent to date; how much of that target he expects to be spent

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Non-departmental Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, (b) the Early Intervention Foundation, (c) the What Works Centre for Wellbeing and (d) the Centre

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Box 3 on page 6 of the Green Book Appraisal and Valuation in Central Government, which of these possible outputs were produced before the Government's recent agreement with mobi

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he received legal advice on whether an agreement to vary the licence fee of mobile telephone operators to provide coverage in areas which are already served by one or two other operators

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of what proportion of the population visited a public library in each financial year since 2009-10.

2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which recommendations of the Reports entitled the Rural broadband programme from the National Audit Office, published on 5 July 2013, HC535, and Public Accounts Committee, published on 11 Septemb

2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209985, how much of the Super Connected Cities Programme budget has been spent to date in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northe

2 Feb 2015 · Department for Education

Arts: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what change there has been in the number of pupils sitting GCSEs in (a) applied arts and design, (b) art and design, (c) drama, (d) media, film and television and (e) music since May 2010.