Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) location is of each mast which has been erected and (b) status is of further masts currently in planning as part of the Mobile Infrastructure Project.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
There are 15 live MIP masts as at the end of November 2015. These masts are in the following locations:
Grantham and Stamford, Lincolnshire
Weaverthorpe, North Yorkshire
North Molton, Devon
Portesham, West Dorset
Roadwater, Somerset
Ipswich, Suffolk
Rattlesden, Suffolk
Seaton, Cornwall
Peakswater, Cornwall
Calstock, Cornwall
Weston Green, Cambridgeshire
Rothwell, Lincolnshire
Manaccan, Cornwall
Londonderry, Derry and Strabane - Northern Ireland
Fermanagh, Fermanagh and Omagh - Northern Ireland
Over 50 other potential mast sites are currently being progressed by our supplier with the aim of delivering as many of these as possible by the project end date of 31 March 2016.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time taken by his Department is to carry out a public interest case to determine whether certain information will be disclosed in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The Government publishes annual statistics on Freedom of Information on GOV.UK, including detailed statistics on public interest cases. This includes information relating to DCMS. Please see the latest annual figures for 2014 at: