Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on issues arising from the measures contained in the Football Governance Bill.
Answered by Helen Grant
I have had no such discussions. It would be for the Scottish Government to work with the key football bodies in Scotland on governance matters as they saw fit. I continue to encourage the football authorities in England to introduce improved measures around regulation and governance to their sport.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made to Facebook about online abuse of people with autism.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
DCMS has not made any representations to Facebook about online abuse of people with autism. However, the Government is working closely with social media companies, including Facebook, to improve reporting mechanisms so that online abuse in any form can be addressed quickly, with accounts being closed as necessary.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with ministers of the Scottish government how faster progress can be made on making broadband available to rural communities in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Superfast broadband has already been made available to over 110,000 premises in Scotland and we are working closely with the Scottish Government and suppliers to maintain the pace of delivery which has increased to an average across the whole of the UK to 40,000 premises a week.
The roll-out in Scotland is on schedule to deliver superfast broadband to 70% coverage to some of the most remote and challenging locations in the Highlands & Islands and 95% to the Rest of Scotland by the end of 2017.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of households in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency are covered by (a) mobile telephone signal and (b) broadband.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Mobile and broadband data is available for East Ayrshire local authority, but not at a constituency level.
According to the most recent figures from Ofcom in 2013 in East Ayrshire, 89.0% of premises could get a 2G signal from three mobile operators and 99.9% from at least one of them, and 8.2% of premises could get a 3G signal from all four mobile operators and 74.3% from at least one of them - http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-mobile-coverage-data-2013.csv
Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2014 states that current generation broadband is available to close to 100% of UK premises and Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband is available to 78% of premises in the UK and to 64% of premises in Scotland. Ofcom reported that NGA broadband availability in East Ayrshire in spring 2013 was about 37.2% - http://d2a9983j4okwzn.cloudfront.net/downloads/ofcom-uk-broadband-speed-data-2013.csv
Ofcom will be publishing its annual UK Infrastructure Report shortly which will include more recent data on levels of mobile and broadband coverage.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Scottish Government steps to increase progress on the roll out of superfast broadband in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Superfast broadband has already been made available to over 110,000 premises in Scotland and we are working closely with the Scottish Government and suppliers to maintain the pace of delivery which has increased to an average across the whole of the UK to 40,000 premises a week.
The roll-out in Scotland is on schedule to deliver superfast broadband to 70% coverage to some of the most remote and challenging locations in the Highlands & Islands and 95% to the Rest of Scotland by the end of 2017.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on plans to hold events in Scotland to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
Waterloo 200 Ltd are the umbrella organisation supported by the Government to oversee the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. There are a number of events taking place in Scotland. These so far include Waterloo related Regimental exhibitions at the National Army Museum in Edinburgh and at the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen, a Black Watch Regimental Muster in Aberfeldy, a commemorative event at the Waterloo Monumnet at Penielhuegh and a Royal Scots Dragoon Guards march down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh followed by a service of Commemoration in Canongate.
In addition to this, the Heritage Lottery fund has awarded a grant to a project in Kilmarnock focusing on the Battle of Waterloo and the life of local Kilmarnock man, Charles Ewart and his capture of Napoleon's standard.
Asked by: Cathy Jamieson (Labour (Co-op) - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which cathedrals will receive funding from the new grant scheme for cathedral repairs announced in Budget 2014.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The First World War Centenary Cathedral Repairs Fund is open to all Anglican and Catholic cathedrals in England. Applications for the first round will be considered by the expert panel later this month.