Written questions
2,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Ofcom: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of staffing levels for Ofcom in each year up to 2028.
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Royal Charters
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 31 of the White Paper, A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction, published in May 2016, if he will publish the minutes of the roundtable events held with the crea
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department plans to allow rural communities to table collective requests for broadband connections.
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of how much people in rural areas will have to contribute to receive a basic 10 Mbit/s broadband connection as a result of his Department's decision not to automatically
23 May 2016 · 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 savings to his Department's budget arising from the Government's decision not to automatically roll-out broadband to all households and businesses.
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television Licences: Low Incomes
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 17 of the White Paper, A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction, published in May 2016, if he will provide details of how the more flexible payment plans for paym
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Video on Demand
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to close the iPlayer loophole.
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC World Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to pages 13 and 39 of the White Paper, A BBC for the future: a broadcaster of distinction, published in May 2016, what his Department plans to spend the £85 million of new funding
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's targets for participation in grassroots football were for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football Association: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department allocated to the Football Association in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the future availability of protected sporting events on free-to-air television; and if he will make a statement.
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to his Department was of commissioning and publishing the report, entitled BBC television, radio and online services: An assessment of market impact and distinctiveness, published i
23 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Public Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the cost to his Department was of commissioning and publishing the report, entitled Research to explore public views about the BBC, published in May 2016.
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Education: Knowsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings she or officials of her Department have had on the future of (a) Halewood Academy and (b) sixth form provision in the Borough of Knowsley.
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which local authority areas in England have no schools with sixth form provision.
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on whether each local authority area should have at least one school with sixth form provision.
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Education: Knowsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that there is high-quality sixth form provision within the Knowsley Borough Council area.
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence her Department holds on the effect of schools having no sixth form provision on (a) their ability to attract high-quality teaching staff, (b) their ability to attract pupils to fill available plac
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to 16 to 18 year old pupils eligible for the pupil premium to ensure that they can access sixth form education if it is not available in their local authority area.
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the maximum travelling time for a 16 to 18 year-old pupil to access sixth form education if it is not available in their local authority area; and if she will make a statement.
18 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Governance and Regulation of the BBC Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take in response to the findings of the Clementi Review into Governance and Regulation of the BBC; and if he will make a statement.
18 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gaming Machines
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Triennial Review of gambling machine stakes and prize limits plans to consider the (a) effect on mental health and (b) other social and non-economic effects of fixed-odds betting term
16 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Sugar: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 33 of the Budget, how much of the £520 million estimated to be raised by the new sugar levy she expects to be allocated to sporting initiatives through her Department's budget in each of
16 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
BT Group: EE
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumers of a merger between BT and EE; and if he will make a statement.
16 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's planned expenditure on wi-fi provision for public libraries is for (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.
16 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have received funding from his Department to provide free wi-fi services since 2010.
16 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have received funding from his Department to provide workplace training for their staff since 2010.
16 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have received funding from his Department to provide computer facilities since 2010.
16 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's planned expenditure on workforce training for staff in public libraries was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16 to date.
16 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his Department's expenditure on computer facilities for public libraries was in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16 to date.
Source: official written-questions record.