Written questions
663 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the contents of full Freedom of Information releases for his Department between April and September 2014.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to rebalance arts and culture funding between London and the South East and the rest of the country.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
General Election 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on that body's consultation on its list of major political parties for elections taking place on 7 May 2015.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost to consumers of superfast broadband.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish his response to the Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy consultation, published on 6 August 2014.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have (a) closed and (b) become volunteer-run since May 2010.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee of 28 January 2015, HC 925, Questions 29 and 30, if he will publish the market research conducted in October 2014 on the rural
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee of 28 January 2015, HC 925, what estimate he has made of the potential cost of providing broadband via satellite to people who
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Secondary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what change in level of participation there has been in (a) dance, (b) arts and crafts and (c) cultural computer activities in secondary schools in each of the last five years.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Primary Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what change in the level of participation there has been in (a) dance, (b) music, (c) theatre and (d) arts and crafts in primary schools in each of the last five years.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the full cost of his Department's rural broadband advertising campaign is, by type of advertising and media market; how much has been and will be spent on the rural broadband advertising cam
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Living Wage: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations in receipt of grant-in-aid from his Department pay the (a) Living Wage and (b) London Living Wage.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Museums and Galleries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received on the possible privatisation of the (a) National Gallery and (b) Imperial War Museum.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) meetings, (b) emails, (c) letters and (d) telephone calls have taken place between his Department and PCS and Prospect unions in 2015 to date.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he took to develop and cost other procurement frameworks for phase 2 of the rural broadband project.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the outline business case for phase 2 of the rural broadband project.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the initial deadline was for his Department's rural broadband project; and what deadline he now expects for that project.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Digital Technology: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department will be represented at the #Digital4EU stakeholder forum hosted by the European Commission in Brussels on 24 February 2015.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many local broadband projects have not provided detailed maps and postcode checkers to his Department for its rural broadband project.
2 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which sectors that receive creative tax reliefs have implemented voluntary levies for training since May 2010.
2 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury
Regional Planning and Development: Stratford
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.133 in the Autumn Statement 2014, how the £141 million allocated to the Olympicopolis project will be spent; and from which departmental budget that funding will come.
2 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury
Theatre: Manchester
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.201 in the Autumn Statement 2014, how the £78 million allocated to The Factory Manchester will be spent; and from which departmental budget that funding will come.
2 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office
Public Expenditure
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance he has issued on the criteria for the classification of major projects; what documentation would be necessary to ensure classification as such a project; and whether a business case and impact asse
9 Jan 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 phase 2 broadband projects in (a) County Durham, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) Hampshire, (d) Essex and (e) Wokingham will be met by (i) BT, (ii) BDUK and (iii) the relevant local
9 Jan 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the (a) County Durham, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) Hampshire, (d) Essex and (e) Wokingham phase 2 broadband projects received bids or offers from suppliers other than BT.
9 Jan 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 local authorities in County Durham, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Essex and Wokingham to identify, in relation to the broadband rollout, (a) alternative solutions
9 Jan 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the recommendations of the Independent Library Report for England, published in December 2014, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing WiFi in all public libraries.
9 Jan 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 217969, which four cities were considered and rejected in wave 1; which six cities were considered and rejected in wave 2; and for wha
9 Jan 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which recommendations in the Independent Library Report for England, published in December 2014, he (a) accepts and (b) rejects.
9 Jan 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the County Durham, Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Essex and Wokingham phase 2 broadband projects produced coverage maps of their broadband implementation plans at a full 7-digit postcode level.
Source: official written-questions record.