Asked by: Lord Patten (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the regional and national economic effects of the present rate of the roll-out of superfast broadband in Devon and Somerset.
Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
The Connecting Devon and Somerset Phase 1 broadband project is approximately half way through delivery of its target of providing superfast broadband coverage to 276,000 premises. In June 2015 Connecting Devon and Somerset entered into a further contract under Phase 2 of the broadband programme to provide coverage to a minimum of 4,659 premises in Exmoor and Dartmoor. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport published a study with analysis on the impact of superfast broadband in 2013. This is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-broadband-impact-study--2
Asked by: Lord Patten (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the contribution by resident Polish nationals to the cultural life of the United Kingdom.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
The Polish community makes an important contribution to arts and culture within the United Kingdom. The successful Kinoteka film festival, now in its 12th year, the work of the Polish Cultural Institute and Polish artists such as the Turner Prize nominee Goshka Macuga, are examples of great Polish culture and artwork.