Written questions
663 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jan 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Government Art Collection
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on the Government Art Collection in each year since May 2010.
9 Jan 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 18 December 2014 to Question 218397, on broadband: urban areas, to which 28 cities his Department has written.
17 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Official Hospitality
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the document DCMS Ministerial hospitality, overseas travel and meetings with external organisations: 1 April to 30 June 2014.
17 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much his Department has spent on digital inclusion in each year from 2010; and how much it plans to spend on digital inclusion in each year to 2017.
17 Dec 2014 · Cabinet Office
General Election 2015
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the period of purdah prior to the 2015 General Election will begin.
17 Dec 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Recreation Spaces: Maps
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 217965 and with reference to paragraph 2.219 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what funding he has allocated to the free online map of gr
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture Media and Sport: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2014 to Question 217271, which National Audit Office report was discussed at the Audit and Risk Committee meeting of 4 December 2014; and if he will publish t
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband Delivery UK
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much BDUK paid Oxera to conduct a state aid evaluation of the National Broadband Scheme; how many full-time equivalent employees are working on that evaluation; how many representations Oxera
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the Phase 2 English project areas participating in the superfast broadband rollout programme in procurement have received bids or offers from suppliers other than BT.
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2014 to Question 209987, in respect of how many of the 135 sites in acquisition stage have contracts been signed; what the value of those contracts is; and wh
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what government schemes are targeted at reaching the final five per cent in addition to the Rural Community Broadband Fund and the fund for pilot schemes.
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: South Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £22 million budget for the South Yorkshire Broadband rollout has been provided by (a) BT, (b) BDUK, (c) Sheffield local authority, (d) Rotherham local authority, (e) Barnsley loca
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Rural Community Broadband Fund was (a) spent and (b) returned to the EU.
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of funding of Phase 2 broadband contracts which has come from the private sector in the Superfast Broadband Programme.
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the 1.5 million premises his Department's superfast broadband rollout has reached already had basic broadband 2Mbps from a copper network.
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Innovation Fund has been spent so far.
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many English phase 2 project areas participating in the Superfast Broadband Rollout programme have produced coverage maps of their broadband implementation plan at a full 7-digit postcode.
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the contribution of Sean Williams, Group Director, Strategy, Policy and Portfolio, BT, in evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on 3 December 2014, Question 10
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral evidence taken by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee on 3 December 2014, Question 6, and 10 December 2014, Questions 168, 169 and 174, how many premises in (a)
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 2.249 of the Autumn Statement 2014 (a) where and (b) when the Great Exhibition in the North will take place; with which organisations he plans to work to co-ordinate t
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217484, which Ministers in his Department have visited which foodbanks on what dates.
12 Dec 2014 · Prime Minister
Food Banks
To ask the Prime Minister, when he has visited a foodbank in order to assess the effect of the Government's policies on foodbank use.
12 Dec 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he and other Ministers in his Department have visited a foodbank.
11 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many broadband connection vouchers have been awarded in each month since March 2014; who the beneficiaries are; and in what regions those beneficiaries are located.
11 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Super Connected Cities budget (a) remaining for 2014-15 and (b) allocated for 2015-16 is allocated to advertising or advertising agencies.
11 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the risk of channel loss to viewers on a temporary basis in international content markets that have a retransmission fees regime in place.
11 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
European Commission
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with the (a) Vice President of the European Commission for the Digital Single Market and (b) the Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
11 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which cities will be covered by the extended Super Connected Cities programme; and on what criteria they are chosen.
11 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to implement proposals from the Law Commission to reform the Electronic Communications Code by introducing red book value parameters governing wayleave negotiations between comm
11 Dec 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to take forward proposals from the Law Commission on the wayleaves regime and Electronic Communications Code.
Source: official written-questions record.